Review of Halo H47ICAT 6-Inch Housing for Sloped Ceilings

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I just purchased and installed 24 Halo H47ICAT cans for sloped ceilings in a house I'm building. They're certainly easy to nail to the rafters. However, before you install them, plan to spend 15 to 60 minutes per can to repair them and prepare them for installation. Because of the flimsy metal, poor packaging (these were shipped in their original boxes), and outrageously poor assembly, every unit needed to be repaired. The nailing flanges and mounting rails on every unit needed to be bent back to the original shape and reworked so that the units would slide smoothly on the the mounting rails. Even then, the rails kept jumping out of the tabs after they were nailed to the rafters and the unit was slid along the rails into position. On a third of the units, some of the tabs that held the outer round can to the flat bottom metal were not fastened so that the unit basically pulled apart. To fix these cans, I had to disassemble the entire unit and reattach the outer can to the base. In one instance I had to drill extra holes because the screw holes no longer lined up. To fasten the cans so that they don't move along the rails once installed, don't bother with the screw provided for this purpose. Half of these screws were improperly angled and did no good whatsoever. Some of the units were missing the screws that were

supposed to help secure the mechanism that holds the light bulb. While you're getting replacement screws, get extra materials to repair the foam insulation on the bottom of the unit. This was damaged on a third of the units. Also, the material used to make the units airtight was improperly installed on several units so that the material didn't cover the air gap. I'm fearful that the electrical components are of the same poor quality and that these units are a potential fire hazard. So, I plan to build forms around them and not let them come into contact with insulation. My recommendation is to never but anything from Cooper Lighting, the makers of Halo.

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I did have to straighten out a few bent tabs and the overtemp sensor wasn't in it's clip right. But after few adjustments, it's a quality fixture. Make sure you center the light with the hole in the ceiling before you nail it in as it tends to slip down to the bottom of the hole then the trim piece won't cover the entire hole.

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I will admit the housing is a little pricey, but the housing is high quality. The brand (HALO) is sold everywhere. It arrived in good shape and was packaged well. The angle of the lamp inside the housing is adjustable and housing is air tight. You get what you pay for.