Looks Awesome! Takes a While to Setup and Install
We bought and installed this about a year ago in our main entryway to the house. We got the one with 36 lights and a round base. Everyone that sees it has said how amazing and cool it looks. It looks far better, brighter, and more modern than the traditional old one that was original to the house. It is not currently on a dimmer switch, but we will probably do that in the near future. One thing to keep in mind with this is that it can/will take a *very long time* to get it set up and hung. We were originally going to have our contractors that were doing our main floor remodel install this, but we fired them after other unrelated quality, communications, and scheduling issues and did it ourselves. We are fairly handy and generally comfortable with electrical, plumbing, and light construction work. We have also installed many other light fixtures and ceiling fans before. This one was by far the most complicated and time consuming! Setup: The pre-wiring of all the hanging bulbs took around 4 hours because we had to get all the wire lengths correct and connected in the base. This involved a lot of measuring, making sure the lengths looked randomly random, and then finally testing the wiring *before* we actually got the scaffolding and hung it from the ceiling. As a precaution, we carefully and neatly twist tied all the wiring in the base to keep it from moving around and to keep it compact and organized. If by some small chance it needs work in the future it would be much easier. We also left a good amount of extra wire up in the base in case we want to change the lengths later. Maybe into a spiral or something years down the road. Installing: Hanging it required scaffolding and took three of us about 2 hours to finish. Two of us were up top mounting the metal frame that the base attaches too and everything hangs from. The other person was on the ground helping with anything else. It is all very heavy, and needless(?) to say you should attach the acrylic balls after everything is hung. Also, be sure to *not* take the protective clear plastic off until it is securely hung to prevent scratches directly on the metal. Oops. Minor issue: We did have to contact the seller to get a new set of instructions since "we" (our contractors mentioned above) lost the original papers at some point. I mention this because the PDF the seller sent was a very low resolution/compressed. It was difficult to see some of the details in the wiring diagrams, mounting instructions, or read some of the text. I would only take a half star off if that were an option. I would gladly get another light fixture like this if/when we have a place for one. Read more





















