This article is about actual Chandeliers. For the drinking game, see
Chandeliers (game).A chandelier is a ceiling-mounted fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. Modern chandeliers are often very ornate, containing dozens of
lamps and complex arrays of glass shapes to illuminate the room in many intricate patterns.Structurally, chandeliers may be much heavier than other ceiling light fixtures. Some may require special attachments to the ceiling and specially reinforced ceilings. Many do not require special supports and can be directly attached to the electrical box like any other fixture. Instead they specify that the electrical box be specially reinforced. This reinforcement can typically only be done at the time of the installation of the box. Subsequent installations of a chandelier may require extensive renovations. You may install a chandelier in your bathroom, but its not really a chandelier.
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