The nightmare continues....lighting

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6. Thank you for that advice! UPDATE - I called an electrician, who solved all the problems.

I hadn't even posted that I bought two more fixtures from Lowe's. I gave up on the one that was too dim. I did buy a semi-flush model, which has three 60 watt bulbs. The nightmare continued....the first fixture was defective and had to be returned, the second we installed, but it didn't work and wasn't flush with the ceiling. So at that point I did call an electrician. He came last week and successfully installed the new fixture! He needed some hardware from his truck - some kind of spring-loaded washers - to get the fixture to align correctly with the ceiling so that the upper plate is flush and the fixture hangs straight. It is beautiful and very bright!

And Lowes gave me full credit for the other fixture and various lightbulbs I'd tried even though I didn't have the original packaging. They refunded my credit card on the basis of the receipts.

Thank you, everyone. Next time I call the electrician first.