This video will show you how to wire a series of recessed light in your ceiling. Disengage the wires by twisting the wiring cap until it comes free.
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How to wire in a new light. Insert one and bend one leg around the box to draw one side back tight. This gauge is when you want to use the quick connect method when wiring a light switch. Then insert the other support and bend both arms around the box to tighten the other side. Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. Loosen and remove the screws from the cover for the light switch that operates the light using a screwdriver. Remove the old ceiling light.
Untwist the fixture wires from the house wiring. The neutral for the new light is taken from the receptacle and spliced to the new white wire and to a pigtail that connects back to the receptacle. From the switch new 2 wire cable is run to the new light location. Take off the cover and note the color of the wire insulation for the wires that. Secure the wire to the joists with electric staples. Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the mounting screws and bring down the light fixture.
It is helpful to have someone to hold the fixture as you uncap the wires and remove any electrical tape. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch. One wire will come from the light the other from the main electrical circuit of your house. I like to use the term daisy chain. Disengage your light from its wires. If youre just adding one the wires in the pigtail include the live circuit wire the wire going to the new fixture and the wire from the existing fixture.
When youre doing daisy chain wiring on a light fixture each pigtail usually contains three wires but there could be more if youre adding more than one extra light. You should see plastic caps called wiring caps also called a wire nut with two wires running into each cap. Connect the electrical wire to your source of power using the pliers and wire nuts and fish it through the joists until it reaches the light switch. The switch comes first in the new part of the circuit and new 2 wire cable is run to it from the outlet. Bend the second arm of the first support around the box. The box ears should rest tightly against the plaster.
Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole. Drill through the floor in the correct stud bay and send the wires for the switch and the light up to the switch using the fish tape.
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