Lighting fixtures comprise sconces, vanity lights and designs created for surfaces. Replacing a light fixture that is wall-mounted shouldn’t take more than half an hour , as long as was installed and requires more. Appropriate installation means that it was screwed to an box that’s in turn.
Switch off the breaker. Turn to the light if you are not sure which breaker which is until it goes out and turn breakers in turn off. Switch off the wall switch controlling the fixture, and the pull string as well.
Unscrew the mounting screws holding the fixture. You may turn cosmetic screws by hand or using pliers. Use a screwdriver, Should they have slots. Pull the fixture If the screws are outside and support it while you unscrew the cable caps and then pull the wires apart.
Compare the mounting plate to the electrical box, called the strap or crossbar, to the one provided with all the new fixture. Then you can save yourself time by lifting the new fixture into the strap that is already there if they’re identical. However, unscrew the strap from the box and then twist if they are different.
Straighten the ends of the wires and note their colors. One ought to be black, one white and one bare. Pull the wires out from the rear of the quilt, and you should also find a black and white wire. A wire may be bare or green. Either way, it corresponds to the bare cable in the box.
By joining wires of the identical color — black to black, white to white and white to bare or green to bare connect the lamp into the circuit. Twist the ends of each pair of wires clockwise using pliers. By screwing onto a cable cap insulate the connection.
Push on the wires as far back into the box as they’ll go. Mount the fixture by screwing it into the ring together with all the screws that came with it. Tighten the screws with a screwdriver to fasten the fixture or using your fingers.
