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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser
(plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. _________________________ Message sent through http://www.BetterHomePortal.com |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
bobhaztin wrote:
After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Is it flat? if so, you can get 2'x4' diffuser panels in several patterns at your favorite electrical supply or home repair emporium (for lay in for ceiling grid or replacements for troffers.) Score and snap with a utility knife to cut to fit, similar to cutting glass. good luck nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
On Dec 29, 9:57*am, Nate Nagel wrote:
bobhaztin wrote: After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. *I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. *Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? *Any help would be greatly appreciated. Is it flat? *if so, you can get 2'x4' diffuser panels in several patterns at your favorite electrical supply or home repair emporium (for lay in for ceiling grid or replacements for troffers.) *Score and snap with a utility knife to cut to fit, similar to cutting glass. good luck nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel The above. Plus, even if they sold parts, the part would likely cost almost as much as that kind of new flourscent fixture, which doesn't cost all that much. Assuming the whole fixture is available and the cover is the one you need, I'd just be happy that I could buy the whole thing and use the cover. |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
On Dec 29, 8:53*am, "bobhaztin"
wrote: After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. *I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. *Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? *Any help would be greatly appreciated. _________________________ Message *sent throughhttp://www.BetterHomePortal.com I take mine off, they all go yellow anyway, or try glue |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
"bobhaztin" wrote in message
... After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is a perfect time to plan a trip to China. |
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"bobhaztin" wrote:
Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Almost certainly. Especially if you want the cover to match other similar fixtures. |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
bobhaztin wrote:
After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. _________________________ Message sent through http://www.BetterHomePortal.com Flat 2x4 sheets are available at HD or Lowes in quite a few styles. |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
bobhaztin wrote the following:
After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Glue. Plastic or AC. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
The Better Home site is not a help forum, it's an *advertising* forum that invades real forums (like "alt.home.repair", part of "usenet") parasitically in order to generate free advertising for itself, which continually advances its search engine placement, thereby increasing its own revenue through its click- through advertising commissions. So the first thing you should do is write them an email and tell them to quit spamming. Then try to find your way here through proper channels. Please do a google search on "Usenet" and post the regular way. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "bobhaztin" wrote in message _________________________ Message sent through http://www.BetterHomePortal.com |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
wrote in message m... bobhaztin wrote: After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. _________________________ Message sent through http://www.BetterHomePortal.com Flat 2x4 sheets are available at HD or Lowes in quite a few styles. Great , another spam site using info stolen here....Competition for the Sucko company.... |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
willshak wrote:
wrote the following: bobhaztin wrote: After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. _________________________ Message sent through http://www.BetterHomePortal.com Flat 2x4 sheets are available at HD or Lowes in quite a few styles. Under cabinet fluorescent lights are not flat, they are usually one tube and with a formed plastic diffuser . Sometimes... I have seen ones like you describe, but I have also seen ones with flat diffusers that look for all the world like the exact same stuff that is used in a ceiling troffer nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover)
On Dec 29, 8:53*am, "bobhaztin"
wrote: After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. *I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I searched the net but could not find the acrylic diffuser sold separately. *Do I have to buy a whole new fixture just to get the diffuser (cover)? *Any help would be greatly appreciated. _________________________ Message *sent throughhttp://www.BetterHomePortal.com Isn;t there some ID somewhere on the fixture?? |
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