How To Install Wall Lights

In addition select a location for the light switch.

How to install wall lights.

Clamp cable to the wall box tugging gently to make sure the clamp is tight. To wire a sconce splice the white. Select the location to install your sconce. Remove the mounting bracket if necessary install new mounting bracket.

Make sure at least 1 4 in. Pull the clips in so they do not protrude outside the can. Connect the fixture and switch. How to do it run cable.

Of sheathing is visible inside the box. Start by mounting the fixture strap to the box. How to install wall light fixtures 1. Before you begin shut off power to the circuit.

Mark the location you want to install the sconce at on the wall with a pencil. Leave some slack cable inside the wall to allow some leeway when you connect the switch photo 5. To install the box push. Keep in mind that the ideal height for a wall sconce is 72 inches from the floor.

Photo 6 and figure a show how to connect the light fixture. Here s everything you need to know to buy and install them. Turn off the power. Turn off power to the circuit.

Use a voltage tester to check that the power is off. Mark out and fit the back boxes for the wall lights chase out the plaster to the ceiling and remove the floor boards directly above where the wires are going to be fed using a masonry drill on slow speed drill a 10mm hole through the ceiling until you have an hole suitable for feeding the wire down to the back box. Then fit the remodeling box into the hole and tighten the clamps. Ideally the switch should be next to the room s other switches.

Draw a second circle roughly 1 2 inch. Slip the can s box into the hole and then push the can body up into the hole until its flange is tight to the ceiling. Drill 1 inch holes. Remove the old light fixture.

Use the electronic stud finder to make sure the. Before any repair is performed on an electrical circuit you need to make sure the power is off. Mark a spot on the wall where the light fixture is to be installed.