How To Instal A Ceiling Light Fixture

Attach the wires from the new fixture with wire nuts to the corresponding wires in the electrical box.

How to instal a ceiling light fixture.

Run a length of 1 mm two core and earth cable from there to the new fitting. At this point make sure that the installation is secure and that the fixture is. If there s a copper wire pre installed in your ceiling connect the new wire there. Then cut the feed cable to the original light at a suitable position to install a three terminal junction box.

Double check the power is off. Complete the hook up by looping the ground wire clockwise around the ground screw on the crossbar tightening the screw and connecting the end of the wire to the ground wire from the light fixture. Refer to your light fixture instructions and your individual situation. Subscribe to our channel and like our video how to install a ceiling light fixture step by stepleah from see jane drill demonstrates how to easily remove and.

How to replace a pull chain light fixture. You don t need a professional electrician to replace interior ceiling. Tighten the mounting screws. Connect it to the colored usually black or red hot wire in the box.

Secure the new fixture and adjust length if there s a chain. First double check the circuit is dead. The unmarked wire is the hot wire. Although the fixture is now securely hanging from the ceiling the box and mounting hardware are still visible.

Unscrew the screws or nuts holding the fixture base to the ceiling box. Align the head of the screw into the wider part of the hole and twist the fixture to the narrower part. Most light fixtures will have a keyhole shaped hole. Tighten the locknut against the canopy.

Lower the fixture base and remove the electrical tape or wire nuts from the black hot wire white neutral wire and if present green ground wire. Thread the fixture s mounting stem into the mounting strap on the ceiling box. Screw the ceiling plate to the mounting strap or support rod then put the mounting stem onto the ceiling plate. If you just have a small green screw on your mounting plate wrap the new copper wire around that.

With loop in wiring step 1. If you re using a center mounted ceiling light slide the canopy onto the rod so the nipple shows through the center hole.