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Originally Posted by GregWeld
The best part was he let me use his account at the big electrical supply houseQUOTE]
That's just not fair !
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I know Jim!! Trust me - I was like a kid in a candy store... Got nice commercial 8' fixtures instead of the Home Depot versions - they were A LOT more - but it's unbelievable how much better they are. The ballast must be three times the size - and the sheet metal alone is twice the gauge....
Then they had all these way kool little metal "hammer on" beam clamps! I could get a beam clamp (never heard of one before I started on this project) for just about anything I wanted to do! Since I wanted my electrical "exposed" - I could just get a beam clamp that would hold the conduit... no holes to drill - just pound 'em on and done! Got beam clamps that had holes to hang the fluorescent fixtures from ... just snake an S hook in there and some chain - done. Got chain on a spool... that was pretty easy... Plus - since the guys at the shop eventually found out I was building a "hot rod shop" -- they all became very helpful!
Don't know if you can see it in this picture - but the flex stuff I used for the garage door openers etc - is all just run along the metal roof joists using these way cool little beam clamps!
Just ignore the Wayne Due clip hanging there....
