Home Improvement Thread

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:22 pm

Thank you for the advice gents! I have a Lennox furnace. I'll do some work on it tonight.

The annoying thing is I just had it "serviced" a couple of months ago.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:24 pm

If you sit in front of the furnace with viewing access to app burner tubes (with the door off), turn the furnace on with you there and see if all four tubes light up in succession. The sensor is the easiest and cheapest fix, but in my case, the last tube was not igniting.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:19 pm

I'd previously been looking at a type of stacked stone at Lowes, but had the same concerns regarding cleaning.

Yeah, any rough surface would not be a good idea over the stove. I'd be looking at stone tile.

Something like this:

Postby **mac5155** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:13 pm

The light in my ceiling fan burned out. It's a JD E11 100W halogen bulb.

Is there an equivalent bulb I can substitute in to get more light? This one, for being a 100W halogen bulb, is pretty dim.

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:01 pm

https://www.1000bulbs.com/category/100- ... ght-bulbs/

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:08 pm

Had a Kohler pressure balance unit suddenly fail on me today. This will be the third unit I’ve replaced in the past 3+ years. I never even heard of a pressure balance unit until I moved into this house. Good ole Chinese quality.

Postby **mac5155** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:58 pm

https://www.1000bulbs.com/category/100- ... ght-bulbs/

Thanks. I found a 1200 lumen LED on Amazon. If it doesn't work I'll try this one out. I've never seen a bulb like this before in my life.

Postby **NTP66** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:35 am

Let us know how the LED works out. I still haven’t come across a good LED for main lighting due to how directional they all seem to be. 99% of the bulbs in my house are halogen.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:07 am

Let us know how the LED works out. I still haven’t come across a good LED for main lighting due to how directional they all seem to be. 99% of the bulbs in my house are halogen.

It'll be here today. Though, I was reading the reviews on them and they said that they don't work well with remote controlled devices. So there's that

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:13 am

Why would a remote controlled fan matter in that instance? I don't follow that logic at all.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:10 am

ME either, I ignored the warning and will see. A few reviews said the same. If they're bad, I'll just return them.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:08 pm

Let us know how the LED works out. I still haven’t come across a good LED for main lighting due to how directional they all seem to be. 99% of the bulbs in my house are halogen.

LED is comparable but not better. I still need more light. Meh.

Postby **meow** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:24 pm

Is this a ceiling fan? Frosted globe?

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:19 pm

Is this a ceiling fan? Frosted globe?

Yeah x2
I'm tempted to go with the 6000k LED (the one I bought is a 3000k) but it may end up looking like an insane asylum in here.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:11 pm

6000K won't give more light (unless lumens are higher) just whiter light.

I think going with a clear bulb is the only real option - it would get you to 1600 lumens.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/3063/Q-JD10115.html

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:02 am

6000k is going to be more blue; you don't want that. WK posted the link, but I always choose the highest lumen bulb. A clear bulb in a frosted globe is perfect, IMO.

Postby **meow** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:55 am

Buy flood lights. Problem solved

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:58 am

6000K won't give more light (unless lumens are higher) just whiter light.

I think going with a clear bulb is the only real option - it would get you to 1600 lumens.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/3063/Q-JD10115.html

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/5066/ ... dSEALw_wcB

I went with this one.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:00 am

Buy flood lights. Problem solved

Find me a flood light with a mini candelabra base and i'll buy it

Postby **Willie Kool** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:01 am

6000K won't give more light (unless lumens are higher) just whiter light.

I think going with a clear bulb is the only real option - it would get you to 1600 lumens.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/3063/Q-JD10115.html
https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/5066/ ... dSEALw_wcB

I went with this one.

Is the fixture rated for 150 watts? If not, that could be a fire hazard...

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:56 am

6000K won't give more light (unless lumens are higher) just whiter light.

I think going with a clear bulb is the only real option - it would get you to 1600 lumens.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/3063/Q-JD10115.html
https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/5066/ ... dSEALw_wcB

I went with this one.
Is the fixture rated for 150 watts? If not, that could be a fire hazard...

Max of 190 per the owners manual.

Postby **grunthy** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:07 pm

6000K won't give more light (unless lumens are higher) just whiter light.

I think going with a clear bulb is the only real option - it would get you to 1600 lumens.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/3063/Q-JD10115.html
https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/5066/ ... dSEALw_wcB

I went with this one.
Is the fixture rated for 150 watts? If not, that could be a fire hazard...
Max of 190 per the owners manual.

Also what else is on that breaker? Is this a fan? Fans draw between .25 to 1 amp based on speed and size. Then that bulb will draw over an amp.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:24 pm

Hm. There's a bedroom that we don't use and a few other things.

Postby **meow** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:24 pm

Who needs light bulbs in the bedroom?? Knowwhatimsaying?

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:25 pm

It's in my great room