Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole. Then insert the other support and bend both arms around the box to tighten the other side.
How To Add A Light
How to wire in a new light. 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. This video will show you how to wire a series of recessed light in your ceiling. Take off the cover and note the color of the wire insulation for the wires that. Bend the second arm of the first support around the box. Remove the old ceiling light. The box ears should rest tightly against the plaster.
Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. The switch comes first in the new part of the circuit and new 2 wire cable is run to it from the outlet. Disengage your light from its wires. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch. You should see plastic caps called wiring caps also called a wire nut with two wires running into each cap. Untwist the fixture wires from the house wiring.
One wire will come from the light the other from the main electrical circuit of your house. 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. Loosen and remove the screws from the cover for the light switch that operates the light using a screwdriver. Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the mounting screws and bring down the light fixture. Disengage the wires by twisting the wiring cap until it comes free. 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.
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. Insert one and bend one leg around the box to draw one side back tight. From the switch new 2 wire cable is run to the new light location. It is helpful to have someone to hold the fixture as you uncap the wires and remove any electrical tape. This gauge is when you want to use the quick connect method when wiring a light switch. I like to use the term daisy chain.
Secure the wire to the joists with electric staples. 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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