Ceiling Light Installation Wiring

Use wire stripper to strip a few inches of the cable s insulation to reveal the interior wires.

Ceiling light installation wiring. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire. It should be 48 from the floor. Attach the wires from the new fixture with wire nuts to the corresponding wires in the electrical box.

If your fixture is wired with lamp style cord rather than white neutral and black hot wires identify the neutral wire by looking for silver conductors writing squared corners or ribs or indentations on the insulation. 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. Turn off the power to the existing light.

Connect the neutral wire from the light fixture to the neutral white wire s in the box. How to wire light fixtures. Tuck the wires back into the box.

Unscrew the screws or nuts holding the fixture base to the ceiling box. Determine a location for the light switch. Wiring light fixtures in your home.

Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the mounting screws and bring down the light. Inspect the wiring in the outlet box. Watch the entire process step by step.

Trace the mounting box on the ceiling where the light fixture will be mounted. Run cable into the box and clamp it. Remove the old ceiling light.