How to Take Out a Ceiling Light & Put in Hanging Lights
A hanging light can provide an ambiance in a room that a ceiling light cannot. To replace the ceiling light with the hanging light, swap the two using the existing wiring that is already in the ceiling. A few household tools are all that is needed. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Go to the fuse box and trip the circuit breaker that supplies the room where the ceiling light is located with electricity. Place a ladder beneath the ceiling light. Unscrew the metal screws in the ceiling light with a Phillips screwdriver.
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Pull the ceiling light off the ceiling plate. Pull the wires attached to the ceiling light out of the hole in the ceiling. Twist off the screw-connector tabs from each pair of wires that are now exposed. Place the screw-connector tabs in your pocket. Unwind the twisted wires from each other. Place the ceiling light aside.
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Unscrew the screws that are in the ceiling plate with the Phillips screwdriver. Pull the ceiling plate off the ceiling and put it aside.
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Unscrew the set screws surrounding the dome on the hanging light -- use your fingers. Pull the dome out from inside the collar at the front of the hanging light. Screw a bulb into the socket inside the light. Replace the dome and screw the set screws back in.
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Attach the exposed ends of the wires coming out of the base of the hanging light to the wires coming out of the hole in the following manner: the black wire from the hanging light to the black wire from the hole; the white wire from the hanging light to the white wire from the hole; the copper-colored or dull-colored wire from the hanging light to the same-colored wire from the hole. Screw a screw-connector tab on each pair of wires until resistance is felt.
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Place the base of the hanging light over the hole. Screw wood screws through the base and into the ceiling using a Phillips screwdriver. Restore the electric power to the room.
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