Replacement of bathroom light fixture
If your old brass bathroom luminaire looking shabby fear not, don t you need to spend an arm and a leg to replace it by calling an electrician. Replace an accessory bathroom wall light is an easy DIY project owner. In addition, you can find fixtures of modern bathroom and accessible in the heart of any home improvement.
To replace a bathroom you ll wall fixation light needs some basic tools. The tools include wire cutters, pliers, needle-nose pliers, electrical tape and a pair of screw drivers.
As with any electrical design cut power to the luminaire a bathroom in the main panel electrical circuit first. Then check to see if power to the luminaire of bathroom is really off, switching the light switch associated with it a couple of times.
Once you’ve confirmed that energy was removed the wall fixing Bathroom lighting, remove lamps and globes.
Then turn off the tops of small ball nut that hold the light to the electrical outlet. After you remove the lids of small ball-screw pull the lamp base, away from the wall.
Disconnect the copper wire ground luminaire of bathroom for the electric box. Then untwist the wire nuts that unite the whites and blacks.
With wire nuts removed you should be able to now disconnect the wall fixation light old bathroom electric box.
Then remove the old light mounting plate from the electrical outlet.
Attach new bathroom light fixture
To attach the new luminaire bathroom wall, attach the mounting plate that came with the new luminaire to the electrical outlet. Use the screws that came with it and attach the mounting plate for the electric box by light manufacturer’s recommendations.
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Then the bolt in mounting plate long screws or threaded tube, depending on the type of wall fixture bathroom light that you are replacing. Just screw them for mounting plates about 1/8 of an inch.
Then attach the Earth wire light fixture (s) to naked copper wire from electrical box. Then tie the twisted pair cable and connected the Green nut on the mounting bracket.
Photos by Mark DonovanUsing a wire nut that came with the new bathroom light fixture twist along the white wires associated with attractive bathroom and the white cord from the electrical outlet. You may need to remove or cut the wires first. Normally the wires must have about 5/8 inch of insulation removed their butts. After twisting the wire nut to the ends of white wires, electrical tape around the wire nut and ends isolated wire package to ensure a connection fully isolated and tight. Repeat the process for the black yarn.
Mount the base of the wall fixation light bathroom for two screws threaded tube time or that are attached to the mounting bracket. Verify that the luminaire of bathroom is level after you put the pipe screws/segmentation.
Once it is positioned correctly attach the new ball-caps at the ends of the tube nut screws/segmented. If the nut-ball caps are not snuggly hold basis for electrical outlet box, pull the back of the electric box and long thread screws/further pipe to the electrical mounting bracket. Try to mount the bathroom light fixture for mounting and reconnect the lids of ball-nut. If the ball-screw caps Monte snuggly against the surface of the base of the lamp, you can pass to the next phase.
If the wall mounting of the replacement bathroom light includes glass globes attach them to the luminaire. Then, install the manufacturer’s recommended lamps.
Finally, connect again to the luminaire of bathroom on the main panel electrical circuit and test your newly installed bathroom light fixture, flipping the light switch on and off.