How to make a pendant light

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Like dying a horrible, fiery death.

One of the primary reasons for electrical codes is fire prevention.

You want a pendant light? Go buy one.

I would be happy to buy one, but I have been unable to find any that don't require a switch in the wall. That is my problem. I don't have a switch in the wall because my house is 90 years old.


Some codes are great and for safety reasons. I get that. But some of them are absurd. Like the fact that we are supposed to have an outlet in our dining room every 12 feet. We don't need an outlet every 12 feet, we won't ever need to plug anything in in a dining room. And if we do, the 2 outlet that were already there would have done just fine.
There was also a stupid code for plumbing, that required we install a new fixture in the shower to turn the water on and off. The old one had a handle for cold water and a seperate handle for hot water. The code required we have a dial that turned on cold water first and the turned it to hot. Another stupid code, that was meant to protect the child we don't have from getting in the shower and burning himself. Pointless also because we have a tankless heater, that takes forever to produce hot water.

The snide comment was not necessary. Lots of people are making pendant lights and selling them online, by doing exactly what I was asking about. Just because I buy one doesn't mean its going to be safe. That is why I posted the question. You didn't need to be a jerk. You should find something better to do with your weekends.