How To Hook Up Attic Lights
Screw on and tighten the mounting nut.
How to hook up attic lights. Most light fixtures will have a keyhole shaped hole. If you want to add a fixture you ll need an extra cable in the box that goes to that fixture. You don t need to cap ground wires. Connect the white wire you ran through the attic to the white wire coming off the ceiling electrical box with a wire nut.
Connect the black wire to the black wire on the light the white wire to the white one on the light and the bare one to the ground wire or the ground screw. Connect the ground wire either by twisting it to the ground wire on the fixture or attaching it to a ground screw. Remove the cover from the fans junction box using a screwdriver. Align the head of the screw into the wider part of the hole and twist the fixture to the narrower part.
Do the same with the black wires. To wire this light all you have to do is strip the wires coming into the box back 1 2 and push the ends into the right slots. If you are interested in installing your own pot lights then this is the video for you. Use a screwdriver to loosen the grounding screw on the box.
Connecting the light to the electrical box. Screw a wire cap onto each connection. Please consider a small donation to support my channel so i can keep bringing you great videos in the futur. Attic light and switch wiring kirk because there is power to an existing light fixture in the attic area then the additional light switch and light fixture will be relatively straight forward.
Everything you need to know from how to run the wire to how to finish. The light switch should be located close to the opening to the attic entrance where a 2 wire cable with ground is installed up to the existing light fixture. Ceiling receptacle lamp holder with pull chain http amzn to 2dqr12e romex 14 2 wire 25ft http amzn to 2dqqvbo ceiling box http amzn to 2dqqxtk wire. If you re using a center mounted ceiling light slide the canopy onto the rod so the nipple shows through the center hole.
You ll probably run that cable through the attic. Tighten the mounting screws.