How To Install A New Ceiling Light Fixture

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How to install a new ceiling light fixture.

Patch the wall where the temporary hole was cut. Start the light fixture installation project by turning the power off at the main electrical panel unscrewing the switch and pull it out the switch. Tighten the locknut to hold the canopy in place. As long as you can get to the ceiling void from above without too much hassle it s not complicated to move a light to wherever you really need it.

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. 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. Scott installed the boxie ceiling mounted led fixture manufactured by tech lighting. If you don t have a wire coming in to hook your ground to what you do is you take your ground wire which is either a solid copper or a green wire you ll take that ground wire and you wrap it.

Alternatively you can boost your light levels by adding extra pendants which you operate either by the existing switch or with a new one. Turn the power back on and use a noncontact voltage tester to locate the hot wire. Turn the power back on. Align the head of the screw into the wider part of the hole and twist the fixture to the narrower part.

Attach the wires from the new fixture with wire nuts to the corresponding wires in the electrical box. Finally install the correct bulbs turn the electricity back on and admire. Unscrew the screws or nuts holding the fixture base to the ceiling box. Most light fixtures will have a keyhole shaped hole.

Mount the electrical box in the ceiling with more madison bars and screws. If you re using a center mounted ceiling light slide the canopy onto the rod so the nipple shows through the center hole. Screw on and tighten the mounting nut. Jon holds a bachelors of science in education and human sciences degre.