How To Install Ceramic Light Fixture

Place a step ladder underneath the light socket and put on a pair of safety glasses.

How to install ceramic light fixture.

Attach the porcelain light fixture to the. Always turn off the electric to the circuit you are working on. 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. Align the screw holes on the porcelain light fixture with the screw holes of the electrical box.

Attach the wires from the new fixture with wire nuts to the corresponding wires in the electrical box. Wrap the wires clockwise so they cover at least three quarters of the terminal screws. Gently bend the wires up into the electrical box. Connect wires a standard box for a light fixture will have three wires a white neutral black current and.

Screw the new fixture to the box snugly but don t over tighten it or the porcelain might crack. Locate the circuit breaker for the light socket and turn the switch off. The lighting fixture must have a place to install a ground wire if it has any metal parts that are not conducting. You ll save yourself time and labor by making these.

You may check with lighting store to see if they have one. Spread the components of your new light fixture on a flat clean surface. Assemble the parts that should be connected to the fixture. Some fixtures are sold with a special tool for tightening those rings.

Twist the fixture to spiral the wires into the electrical box. You may wish to. If you can disconnect the fixture and take it in the the store with you they may be able to get it off with your having to purchase one. Subscribe to our channel and like our video.

Firmly tighten the screws so the copper wire compresses slightly. Connect the hot wire to the brass scr. Unscrew the screws or nuts holding the fixture base to the ceiling box. In the us a ground wire is required.

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