Insert one and bend one leg around the box to draw one side back tight. Cut out the traced hole with an oscillating saw.
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How to wire a new light. Place the bare end of the black wire from the cable in the wall with the bare end of the black wire from the light fixture. Trace the mounting box on the ceiling where the light fixture will be mounted. Determine a location for the light switch. Before doing any electrical work always shut off power to the house at the main breaker. Loosen and remove the screws from the cover for the light switch that operates the light using a screwdriver. 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.
Remove the old ceiling light. The box ears should rest tightly against the plaster. Bend the second arm of the first support around the box. It should be 48 from the floor. Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the mounting screws and bring down the light fixture. Twist the two ends together three or four times with a pair of pliers.
Connect the neutral white wires with a wire connector. Untwist the fixture wires from the house wiring. Wiring the new light unscrew the wire nut holding the two black wires together on your existing light. Disengage the wires by twisting the wiring cap until it comes free. Then insert the other support and bend both arms around the box to tighten the other side. Strip the ends of the wires at the switch box.
Disengage your light from its wires. You should see plastic caps called wiring caps also called a wire nut with two wires running into each cap. From the switch new 2 wire cable is run to the new light location. Twist the wire nut onto the three wires to secure them. Loop the black wires clockwise around the screws and tighten the screws. Take off the cover and note the color of the wire insulation for the wires that.
The switch comes first in the new part of the circuit and new 2 wire cable is run to it from the outlet. It is helpful to have someone to hold the fixture as you uncap the wires and remove any electrical tape. Connect the ground wires with a 6 in long pigtail wire leading to the switch. One wire will come from the light the other from the main electrical circuit of your house. Strip the last one inch of your new black wire and place all three black wires together.
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