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On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 4:26:43 PM UTC-5, wrote:
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I'm replacing two motion activated outdoor lights. The old ones were
Heath- Zenith halogen with the dual bright feature. That's where they
come on at dusk for 4 or 6 hours at maybe 30% intensity to provide
accent lighting. At night if there is motion anytime, they come on full.

So, I'm replacing them with LED. First problem is that almost all the
LED ones just put out 5000 temp harsh light, even if they put out less
than full, it's still harsh and ugly. Next is that these have to go under
a soffit and while some of these lights claim to be mountable either
on a wall or under a soffit, they really don't point right when mounted
under a soffit. They wind up pointing to the ground close to where
they are mounted, at best, instead of lighting an area 25 ft out.
Next problem is the ones that are allegedly usable
under a soffit are meant to be installed on a 90 deg soffit and my
soffit follows the roof pitch, which is 22 deg on one roof. The other
is less, maybe 15 deg. After searching, the best light I found
are these, that Lowes stocks:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Enbrighten-...mer/1000478503

They allow you to adjust the color of the low accent lighting, which
sounds really nice. And the heads are adjustable for use under
a soffit as much as any are adjustable.

So, I'm looking for an adapter that can go as an interposer between
the fixture and electrical box so the fixture mounts horizontal, 90 deg
instead of 90 - 22 deg, etc. One box is 4" round, other is std
rectangular type. I could replace the rectangular one if needed.
The interposer needs to have an angle of at least 22 deg. If it's
more, like 33 deg I think it would work better, helping make it so
the light heads can be positioned facing out, away from the house
more.

I haven't really started to look for the interposer widget, but thought
I'd ask here is anyone knows of ones that would work. White or
paintable white, angle of 22 min, more maybe 33 to even 45 might
be better. If there was something you could cut to whatever angle
you want that might be good too. Anyone know of a good candidate?

Thanks.
Look at these: http://www.aifittings.com/catalog/fa...boxes/fan-and-
fixture-mounting-boxes-for-new-construction/
They are for fans but will work for your purposes and IIRC are made of plastic
so you can trim them for the slope.

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Tekkie

That's kind of what I was hoping to find. Only problem is it says it's 8" square,
so it's huge for what I need. I don't have time right now, but I will look there
to see if they have something similar and smaller. Thanks for the tip.
NP, you could also look up Orbit, but I think they make just metallic devices.
Good luck, let us know how you make out.

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Tekkie

Two things I found that are interesting:

https://www.walterswholesale.com/cra...brushed-740797

The above I might be able to use just the angle half, but then IDK how I would fasten
that plus the fixture to the box. I don't think it has any mounting, it's just for a fan
as an adapter and the fan uses it's mounting to hold it all together.


https://www.fanshoppe.com/product/ac...iling-adapter/

This looks more promising, looks like it just uses longer screws where the fixture
attaches to the box. Looks good, except for the price

I still haven't acquired the fixture yet to check it out. I'm also thinking if a PVC pipe
size happens to work, maybe I cut cut an angled piece of that as an interposer.
I said I don't have a table saw, which is true, but I do have a chop saw. One thing for
sure, that would be the lowest cost solution, if the diameter just happens to work.
I could seal it up with silicone. If the size doesn't match up, I could go to a size that's
the next size over. But then I'd need a flat piece of something that I could cut into
a circle to cover the end the fixture will attach to. Not sure what that material
would be. Exterior plywood? I guess I could get a piece of sheet aluminum or metal,
but that would be harder to cut.

I'm really surprised that there are not ready made adapters for this. You'd think that
I'm not the only person that wants to mount something at some angle to a round
box. I did see some 45 adapters for rectangular boxes.

Would it work to use a round to square adapter then do whatever?
Anything here work?
https://www.hubbell.com/raco/en/Products/Electrical-Electronic/Floor-Boxes/In-Floor/c/2324616