How to calculate centre of room for ceiling pendant

JohnW2 · 19 Jun 2026

pete01 said:
Why is it you know so much about electric stuff?

Maybe because I am curious - I know a fair bit about all sorts of disciplines, in addition to those in which I have been formally educated, 'qualified' or professionally involved

In almost every field, I like, where possible, to do as much work myself as I can, but I always want to learn enough to be able to do the work properly/safely - hence the need I've had over the years/decades to 'be curious' about all sorts of things.

mikehammer69 · 19 Jun 2026

Even now 30 years after I started using it the mini trunk lid would be what they call a hack now

Slide it it under cross pieces and in between insulation and draw it back .

It will still have its uses due to its thinness and manoeuvrerability

mikehammer69 · 20 Jun 2026

No

pete01 said:
My first few rewires I had a 110v drill (not sds) and a hammer and chisel.....it was fine didn't really give it a thought....these days I cant screw an inch and a half screw in without an impact driver.

I can remember back to the bone shaker kango hammers

There was more impact to the body than the wall

And well before that

RrogerD · 20 Jun 2026

OP is being anal. It makes zero difference. Go with what looks OK.
The more important point is making sure that fittings attach to a joist.

JohnW2 · 20 Jun 2026

pete01 said:
My first few rewires I had a 110v drill (not sds) and a hammer and chisel.....it was fine didn't really give it a thought....these days I cant screw an inch and a half screw in without an impact driver.

I gather it's called 'improvement'.

It has always been said that "bad workers blame their tools" - so these days they have an awful lot more things to blame than would have been the case in the past

securespark · Monday at 9:48 PM

I remember the Kangos...

Bone shakers!

mikehammer69 · Monday at 11:20 PM

On a serious note

A lot of the newer sparks wouldn’t be familiar with the vibration associated with kango hammers from nearly 50 yrs ago

I can only recall a 230V hitachi atm but there was other models in use where i worked

JohnW2 · Tuesday at 12:10 AM

mikehammer69 said:
On a serious note ... A lot of the newer sparks wouldn’t be familiar with the vibration associated with kango hammers from nearly 50 yrs ago ... I can only recall a 230V hitachi atm but there was other models in use where i worked

Indeed, but they were all 'bone shakers', regardless of make/model

SUNRAY · Tuesday at 11:55 AM

JohnW2 said:
Indeed, but they were all 'bone shakers', regardless of make/model

White finger generators!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OwainDIYer · 2026-06-26T20:48:40+0100

In terms of the ceiling pendant, for many people the correct answer is "ask the wife".

In terms of drilling holes, the real oldies got excited when a Rawl Drill came along instead of the old 'hammer and rotate' method.

Vintage Rawlplug Mechanical Hammer Drill

vintagehandtools.co.uk

StephenStephen · 2026-06-26T22:30:28+0100

OwainDIYer said:
In terms of the ceiling pendant, for many people the correct answer is "ask the wife".

In terms of drilling holes, the real oldies got excited when a Rawl Drill came along instead of the old 'hammer and rotate' method.

Vintage Rawlplug Mechanical Hammer Drill

vintagehandtools.co.uk

Certainly my partner knows exactly where to put things, it what direction to run things in, so that they look right.
These days I just ask her and trust her - it's not a measuring or mathematical process...

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