Outside lights

Yes, we have been busy with outside lights again. One lamp on the corner of the house, which had not been working at all in the time we have lived here, came down from its mounting the other day.

Between removing the old light and fitting the new one I had a little adventure with unprotected wires that were apparently not operated by the switch I thought they were operated by. Some disco-moves later it was clear I had to first find out which switch did operate these wires.

Decided to protect the wires while I figured out which switch they belonged to.

After all the safety-measures were taken and the power was most definitely off, I could get started mounting the new light. Of course the new light could not be mounted on the old fixtures directly, so I had to improvise an adapter with a bit of wood. This wood I then varnished so it could survive the weatherconditions here for more than a month or two.

And finally, the new light could be wired up, mounted and tested. It is working, and it is very nice to have it illuminate the driveway when we come and go here.