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How to Correctly Measure Plastic Light Globes

Jan 12th 2018

Getting a proper measurement for your plastic light globe is a crucial part of the process of lighting your home, street, How to Correctly Measure Plastic Light Globesworkplace or communal location. The conventional wisdom for any project, big or small, goes ‘measure twice, cut once,’ but ‘measure twice, buy once’ may be a better description of working with Superior Lighting.

  1. The existing globe you are planning to replace
  2. The lighting fixture you plan to use
  3. A tape measure
  4. A computer or cell phone so you can get in touch with Superior Lighting

All your lighting globe needs can be met by Superior lighting, but first it’s important to ensure that you order the right size. To get the correct size, stick the tape measure down the opening at the bottom of the globe. This will give you a correct length. Next, measure across the top of the opening to determine the width of your opening.

After that, you will want to determine what type of opening you have.

Your globe’s opening may be:

Neckless Plastic Globe

The opening of this fixture is flat against the shape of the globe, rather than protruding from the globe like a jar’s mouth.

Plastic Globe with Plain Lip

This opening has a smooth lip that protrudes up from the globe, creating a vase or jar-like appearance when the opening faces upward. There are no spiral screw thread lines.

Plastic Globe with Threaded Lip

This opening looks similar to the plan lip with a protruding edge, but it has the threaded lines for screwing into place.

Further Considerations When Replacing A Plastic Globe

A broken or worn out globe is an opportunity to restore the look of your lit space or revamp its style with a new look. Superior lighting offers globes in different materials and styles, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

Superior lighting offers basic smooth, traditional spherical globes, and ribbed globes which break up the light a little differently. We have a selection of acorn styles that could be described as old-fashioned or rustic, but would also fit right in outside an urban hotel or restaurant. It’s all about context.

You should also think about the mood of your lit space. Superior lighting offers globes of a range of different opacities and colors from clear to smokey. Beyond the simple look of the bulb, different materials have pros and cons as well. For example, the acrylic bulbs don’t yellow over time, but they are brittle enough to crack if dropped on a sidewalk, street or hard floor. On the other hand, the polycarbonate selection is more flexible and forgiving, but over time you will see its color start to yellow from exposure to the sun.

Contact Superior Lighting

No matter what size or style of plastic globe you require, we are confident in our ability to meet your needs. Call 1-888-352-0492 or get in touch online for some of the best lighting materials available.

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