Lighting – Installing spotlights but hole in ceiling is too big

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I bought 4 of these bad boys which I want to attach to my concrete ceiling (Oriel Baril LED Adjustable Spotlight). They are pretty lightweight.

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Mounting cup diameter is 80mm

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However, the mounting cup internal bracket screw hole distance is just 46mm

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Here's the snag: The ceiling hole diameter is 60mm and too wide, so I'm missing some ceiling to screw into. With this width I can only get a single screw in.

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What are my options?

Best Answer

There should be a couple mounting holes in the junction box in the ceiling, but they look like they're covered in plaster. I'm not sure how there was a light here before (if there was) but anyway, you'll have to figure out where the mounting holes are.

Here's what the box looks like without all the plaster in the way:

junction box mounted in ceiling

You can probably look or reach into the box (with the power off!) to find them, then either drill or chip out the plaster so you can get at the mounting holes.

Next, screw the mounting strap into the box. You'll have to remove it from the light fixture first. Here's one with the same style mounting strap (but different style of fixture):

strap being mounted to ceiling

It looks to me the sizing is correct, but if it's not, you can get adapters to allow different spacings to be used.

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