Ceiling Light Fitting Instructions

Unscrew the screws or nuts holding the fixture base to the ceiling box.

Ceiling light fitting instructions.

Choose a downlight that s short enough to fit in your ceiling. Repair the ceiling at the old light position with filler. If your fixture is wired with lamp style cord rather than white neutral and black hot wires identify the neutral wire by looking for silver conductors writing squared corners or ribs or indentations on the insulation. Inspect the wiring in the outlet box.

Then run a length of 1 mm two core and earth cable from your new light rose. Connect the brown core to the live terminal the blue to the neutral terminal and the earth insulated with green yellow sleeving to the earth terminal. The live and neutral of the new fitting simply connect to the live and neutral the old fitting was removed from. The basic installation of a ceiling fan is no different from that of a standard light fixture.

Remove the old ceiling light. Downlights usually have a tall cylindrical shape so. Measure the rear diameter of the light to know the size of the cut out. How to install a ceiling light fixture step by step leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to easily remove a.

If the wiring has a green ground wire attach it to the green or bare wire in the box. Set the light down so the bulb is on the. Put a hole saw on your drill that s the. Connect the neutral wire from the light fixture to the neutral white wire s in the box.

Ideally your new light fitting will fit over your ceiling rose and there will be no need to take it apart. Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the mounting screws and bring down the light. Use wire nuts to attach the fan s black or colored wire and white wire to matching wires in the ceiling box. If this is not the case then we will need to adapt the rose connections to suit the fitting you have.

Lower the fixture base and remove the electrical tape or wire nuts from the black hot wire white neutral wire and if present green ground wire. Remove the light bulb cover and bulbs from the fixture. Subscribe to our channel and like our video.