- Location
- Massachusetts
I was surveying site lighting at a store, in the picture below please not the 400 watt fixture above the dumpster.
It looked OK from a distance but ...
When I actually get up to it ...
So someone used a pair of 3/16" toggle bolts, installed wrong, to support a 400 watt light on an 8' lever of 2".
The only thing holding it when I got there was the bottom strut and the fact it was a malleable steel LB threaded onto 1/2" RMC through the wall and into a 1/2" x 2" reducer in the coupling.
I took the head off, it was an older heavy duty fixture with a 1" thick Lexon vandal guard on it. I have no doubt it was all of 75 pounds or more. (My foot for scale.)
Here is my repair, yeah the struts are long but I needed lots of options, these red bricks have hollow spots in them that will not take a drop in anchor. Ended up with four and five 3/8" anchors in each strut plus a 1 hole strap lagged into the wood under the copper flashing. I did go back and fill the old holes with brown caulk.
Job done, fixture working and I can sleep well knowing it is not going to fall and crush someones skull.
It looked OK from a distance but ...
When I actually get up to it ...
So someone used a pair of 3/16" toggle bolts, installed wrong, to support a 400 watt light on an 8' lever of 2".
The only thing holding it when I got there was the bottom strut and the fact it was a malleable steel LB threaded onto 1/2" RMC through the wall and into a 1/2" x 2" reducer in the coupling.
I took the head off, it was an older heavy duty fixture with a 1" thick Lexon vandal guard on it. I have no doubt it was all of 75 pounds or more. (My foot for scale.)
Here is my repair, yeah the struts are long but I needed lots of options, these red bricks have hollow spots in them that will not take a drop in anchor. Ended up with four and five 3/8" anchors in each strut plus a 1 hole strap lagged into the wood under the copper flashing. I did go back and fill the old holes with brown caulk.
Job done, fixture working and I can sleep well knowing it is not going to fall and crush someones skull.