How To Hook Up Attic Lights

Align the head of the screw into the wider part of the hole and twist the fixture to the narrower part.

How to hook up attic lights.

Use a screwdriver to loosen the grounding screw on the box. Please see description for important information. Screw on and tighten the mounting nut. Remove the cover from the fans junction box using a screwdriver.

The black wires goes together the white wires go together and the ground wires bare green go together. 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. Most light fixtures will have a keyhole shaped hole. Connect the white wire you ran through the attic to the white wire coming off the ceiling electrical box with a wire nut.

Tighten the mounting screws. 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. You ll probably run that cable through the attic. Connecting the light to the electrical box.

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. Connect the ground wire either by twisting it to the ground wire on the fixture or attaching it to a ground screw. Remove the knockout plug from the side of the junction box insert a wire connector and secure it to the box with a locknut. Everything you need to know from how to run the wire to how to finish.

You don t need to cap ground wires. If you are interested in installing your own pot lights then this is the video for you. 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. Do the same with the black wires.

If you want to add a fixture you ll need an extra cable in the box that goes to that fixture. Screw a wire cap onto each connection.