In my bathroom, above the vanity, there is a mirror and a fairly
shallow light fixture. I'm about to replace the mirror with a
recessed medicine chest which has a crown molding. The lights on the
fixture will end up being a bit too close to the wall (1/4-1/3 above
the molding, not shining down on the mirrored door of the cabinet and
the top of the vanity).

I believe I've seen a short metal adapter which can be used to move
the fixture out an inch or so from the wall; it screws to the existing
wiring box and then the fixture attaches to the adapter. But I've
Googled several phrases and not gotten any hits.

Am I imagining that this thing exists? If not, what would you call it
and where can I get one?


Chris

"Christopher Nelson" wrote in message
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In my bathroom, above the vanity, there is a mirror and a fairly
shallow light fixture. I'm about to replace the mirror with a
recessed medicine chest which has a crown molding. The lights on the
fixture will end up being a bit too close to the wall (1/4-1/3 above
the molding, not shining down on the mirrored door of the cabinet and
the top of the vanity).

I believe I've seen a short metal adapter which can be used to move
the fixture out an inch or so from the wall; it screws to the existing
wiring box and then the fixture attaches to the adapter. But I've
Googled several phrases and not gotten any hits.

Am I imagining that this thing exists? If not, what would you call it
and where can I get one?


Chris

I use to get these brass extension collars to use mounting fixtures on
shallow stud boxes in old houses, but a search didn't produce anything. You
probably could use a wiremold box like this:
http://doitbest.com/Electrical+Condu...sku-525346.dib

On Mar 1, 3:58*pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Christopher Nelson" wrote in message
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I believe I've seen a short metal adapter which can be used to move
the fixture out an inch or so from the wall; it screws to the existing
wiring box and then the fixture attaches to the adapter. *But I've
Googled several phrases and not gotten any hits.

Am I imagining that this thing exists? *If not, what would you call it
and where can I get one?

I use to get these brass extension collars to use mounting fixtures on
shallow stud boxes in old houses, but a search didn't produce anything. You
probably could use a wiremold box like this:http://doitbest.com/Electrical+Condu...4F-doitbest-sk...

That may actually be what I was remembering. Thanks. It seems a
little shallow but once you got me searching for "Wiremold", I saw a
couple that looked deeper.

"Christopher Nelson" wrote in message
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In my bathroom, above the vanity, there is a mirror and a fairly
shallow light fixture. I'm about to replace the mirror with a
recessed medicine chest which has a crown molding. The lights on the
fixture will end up being a bit too close to the wall (1/4-1/3 above
the molding, not shining down on the mirrored door of the cabinet and
the top of the vanity).

I believe I've seen a short metal adapter which can be used to move
the fixture out an inch or so from the wall; it screws to the existing
wiring box and then the fixture attaches to the adapter. But I've
Googled several phrases and not gotten any hits.

Am I imagining that this thing exists? If not, what would you call it
and where can I get one?


Chris

Octagon box extension ring. Most likely Ace Hardware has it. Warren

"Chris Nelson" wrote in message
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On Mar 1, 3:58 pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Christopher Nelson" wrote in message
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I believe I've seen a short metal adapter which can be used to move
the fixture out an inch or so from the wall; it screws to the existing
wiring box and then the fixture attaches to the adapter. But I've
Googled several phrases and not gotten any hits.

Am I imagining that this thing exists? If not, what would you call it
and where can I get one?

I use to get these brass extension collars to use mounting fixtures on
shallow stud boxes in old houses, but a search didn't produce anything.
You
probably could use a wiremold box like
this:http://doitbest.com/Electrical+Condu...4F-doitbest-sk...

That may actually be what I was remembering. Thanks. It seems a
little shallow but once you got me searching for "Wiremold", I saw a
couple that looked deeper.


I found it :
http://www.mylampparts.com/index.php...8 7589b67830d

On Mar 1, 3:42*pm, Christopher Nelson wrote:
In my bathroom, above the vanity, there is a mirror and a fairly
shallow light fixture. *I'm about to replace the mirror with a
recessed medicine chest which has a crown molding. *The lights on the
fixture will end up being a bit too close to the wall (1/4-1/3 above
the molding, not shining down on the mirrored door of the cabinet and
the top of the vanity).

I believe I've seen a short metal adapter which can be used to move
the fixture out an inch or so from the wall; it screws to the existing
wiring box and then the fixture attaches to the adapter. *But I've
Googled several phrases and not gotten any hits.

Am I imagining that this thing exists? *If not, what would you call it
and where can I get one?

Chris

I did something similar by mounting the light fixture on a plank. I
finished the edge of the board with a decorartive detail using a
router and my wife painted it to look like bushed nickle. The faux
finish was the hard part

JImmie

On Mar 1, 5:02*pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Chris Nelson" wrote in message
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I use to get these brass extension collars to use mounting fixtures on
shallow stud boxes in old houses, but a search didn't produce anything.
You probably could use a wiremold box like
this:http://doitbest.com/Electrical+Condu...4F-doitbest-sk...
...
I found it :http://www.mylampparts.com/index.php...=b84f8fae16d8a...

That might work but, OMG, $15 S&H for a $2 part!

"Chris Nelson" wrote in message
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On Mar 1, 5:02 pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Chris Nelson" wrote in message
...
I use to get these brass extension collars to use mounting fixtures on
shallow stud boxes in old houses, but a search didn't produce anything.
You probably could use a wiremold box like
this:http://doitbest.com/Electrical+Condu...4F-doitbest-sk...
...
I found it
:http://www.mylampparts.com/index.php...=b84f8fae16d8a...

That might work but, OMG, $15 S&H for a $2 part!


Try a "real" electrical supply