Dining Room Ceiling Lamp

[John Ruff]

Did you ever wish to replace your ceiling lamp?

It is one of the easiest things to do. There is no electrical junction box holding up the light fixture in most Safaris.

There is just a hole in the ceiling that the electrical wire feeds through.

To mount a new light, just pick one and using sheet rock screws, just attach it to the ceiling.

Quick and easy.

[hjw]

I replaced mine when we did some remodeling of the coach but I had a box mounted in the ceiling. DW picked the fixture which just allows clearance from the overhead doors. Only downside was the mark left in the ceiling from the original light.
IMG_3665 by H W, on Flickr

[bdub]

The dining room light in our '98 Serengeti WAS 120v. I rewired the connection to 12v and installed 4 LED Halo light circles in incremental sizes. Plenty bright and works much better for boondocking.

[stuplich@ymail.com]

I added a "12V LED puck light" (in the center of the original 4 120V incandescent bulb sockets), of the original ceiling fixture...for use whenever 120VAC power isn't available.

[QuantumRift]

Sheet rock screws? How sturdy is that....esp if you pick a heavier fixture. Or don't pick a heavier fixture.....

[stuplich@ymail.com]

Sheet rock screws? How sturdy is that....esp if you pick a heavier fixture. Or don't pick a heavier fixture.....

QuantumRift
Sheet rock screws are holding nearly everything up, on and/or together in my Safari coach.

[Safaritoonces]

I agree with Mel. I have taken apart just about every fixture, trim and suspended component on my coach from the dash, overhead cabinets, electrical harness's, and engine bay components and none of the drywall screws were ever broken.

The drywall screws are hard and have an aggressive bite in wood. I have found innumerable of these screws with rust due to severe leakage but not one rotted out to where screw driver couldn't remove them. I think they seem to have a protective coating. It does seem odd but they work very well. Whereas non coated deck screws in my outside deck (I put in about 10 yrs) ago snap off when I try to remove them.

[Safaritoonces]

For those that might be looking for a solution in this topic to the salon light problem, here's a link for the upgrade I did. At the time of the first post of this question I hadn't completed the changes.
https://safaritoonces.org/project-tree- ... onversion/