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Step 5Mount the lights under the canopies
Remove the metal hoods and squeeze-clamps from the lights but leave the metal clamp piece with the wingnut on.
Fasten a small scrap of plywood or MDF or something to the back corner of each canopy with a couple screws. It should be about 1/4" x 1/4" x 2". The important part is that the clamp on the light be able to open wide enough to fit around it.
For the canopy on the underside of the shelf, make sure the piece of scrap wood is far enough in from the corner that the back of the light socket and the power cord will fit. For the top canopy, it's less important, because the corner of that piece of plywood doesn't come to the corner of the wall, so you can put the scrap piece of wood right at the corner.
Screw the clamps on. It won't be the strongest grip, but it should be enough to hold the light on the underside of the canopy.
Fasten a small scrap of plywood or MDF or something to the back corner of each canopy with a couple screws. It should be about 1/4" x 1/4" x 2". The important part is that the clamp on the light be able to open wide enough to fit around it.
For the canopy on the underside of the shelf, make sure the piece of scrap wood is far enough in from the corner that the back of the light socket and the power cord will fit. For the top canopy, it's less important, because the corner of that piece of plywood doesn't come to the corner of the wall, so you can put the scrap piece of wood right at the corner.
Screw the clamps on. It won't be the strongest grip, but it should be enough to hold the light on the underside of the canopy.
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