On this Weekend Workbench segment the Mensch with a Wrench, Michael Goldstein teaches Ryan to install a chandelier. Weekend Workbench airs Sundays at 11am on WGN.
2:21 Since the wires in this light fixture are not color coded, the hot wire should be the smooth one and the neutral wire should be the one that has raised ridges on it (you can feel these ridges with your fingers). If the fixture wires are incorrectly connected to the ceiling box wires (i.e. reversed), then the entire light bulb socket will be energized (potential shock hazard when installing or replacing light bulbs).
“Attached into the same holes used for the cover plate” All the people in the UK like me watching and crying at the prospect of drilling through old lath and plaster, finding a joist, nogging between them if one isn’t directly above, and fitting a bracket.
Save yourself a headache and make sure you adjust the hang nut first, so that when you put the ceiling cover in place, the threads are about half way through the ceiling cover. Eyeball this before you hang the strap. If you try to adjust the length afterwards, the wires will twist up inside the junction box or twist around the hang nut and possibly cause a short.
This is what I am afraid of. You have to twist the screw into the ceiling pretty tightly as that is what holds the top cover plate in place. I have put the chandelier together and my daughter is going to hold it while I connect the wires, but won’t they twist up while screwing it in to the ceiling?
Only thing different in mine is I have the copper wire for grounding thats short only to connect to that horizontal bracket with two screwholes. In some cases I see a naked copper wire come up from the fixtures but mine had only 2 wires come out from the fixture. Should I just connect that to the copper wire from the bunch of wires for ground provided. Rest is just Black to black, white to white.
any chandilier should work I mean have the necessary wiring for installation right? or I need to look at my ceiling wiring first before getting a chandilier?
So weird. I wanted to refresh my memory and figure out if the ground wire goes all the way up the chain, and to my surprise this video has the exact light fixture. I got it for $20 at the Restore store, but I had to buy a chain and wire. If these guys paid $46 for a new one, I didn't get such a good deal.
Michael, I purchased a second hand hanging light and, of course, want to hang it. But before I do, I want to test the light to make sure it really works. How do I hook it up to an electrical outlet to test it? Can I just splice an electrical extension cord onto the light wiring and plug it in? Thank you for your response. Bruce
why cant the copper ground wire be inside of the electrical cord. the power wires inside the cord are already shielded and it would look better cosmetically
The wires in the actual chandelier light fixture were marked ALTHOUGH not colour coded . The wires coming out of the ceiling junction box are generally white for neutral , and black ( or red ) for the hot wire .
I wanted you to tell me which wire from the new fixture goes to the hot wire. You didn't. There is no manual with my fixture for the install and the directions are from China; so they are worthless.
@bensonelectricinc very well said. Electrical work handled improperly, can burn a house down,cause arc flash to your eyes,& even be fatal. Not once did this guy mention using an insulated ladder,safety glasses or gloves. You guys need to stop discrediting the electrical trade that takes 4800 hours of apprenticeship before you could even take & aquire a c10 license so Please mr handy man tell me how you turn watts in to amperes off the top of your head without googling it, or what phase 1,phase 2,phase 3, symbolize, or please what does bonding mean in the electrical trade.
Nathaniel Aranda Jesus was a muslim as we're all of the prophets such Abraham Moses etc and they came with Message to worship One God alone who is free of any partners no mother no son God is free from this and is the only one to be worshiped.
As an Electrical Contractor for the last 16 years, you should never hire a handy man to do electrical work. In most states you must be a licensed electrician to do electrical work for someone else. Many of the techniques shown in this video are wrong.
+bensonelectricinc I can't tell which is the hot wire because the fixture was given away by a friend. There is one wire coved in plastic (that can be split in two) and one uncovered. How do I find out which side of the plastic covered wire I connect to the hot wire? Please help. I would love to use the chandelier.
+malu brochado the wire you have is probably zip cord. One of the leads should have ridges on it. That wire goes to the white wire in the electrical box. The other insulated lead is the hot wire. That lead should go to the black wire. The bare copper wire should go to the green or bare copper wire.
I understand what you're saying. There are DIY'ers who are handymen and there are handymen with decades of experience. We handymen get a bad rap because of this. I would never attempt to do a job that I didn't understand completely.
This is a “Hey look who I know & what he can do” video. Not educational at all. Poor camera work & editing doesn’t show how to connect the wires very clearly. Guess it was meant to show the cool graphics & force viewers to constantly rematch with no pay off 👎👎👎👎
Pray for me guys I’m about to meet my maker
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Plot twist. He wasn’t joking
Plot twist, that’s why I’m here.
Rip 😢
2:21 Since the wires in this light fixture are not color coded, the hot wire should be the smooth one and the neutral wire should be the one that has raised ridges on it (you can feel these ridges with your fingers). If the fixture wires are incorrectly connected to the ceiling box wires (i.e. reversed), then the entire light bulb socket will be energized (potential shock hazard when installing or replacing light bulbs).
Excellent help, thanks!
Thanks! I’m confident I can do this!
“Attached into the same holes used for the cover plate” All the people in the UK like me watching and crying at the prospect of drilling through old lath and plaster, finding a joist, nogging between them if one isn’t directly above, and fitting a bracket.
Lols my grandmother is a Londoner and this gave me a ptsd trigger from when I tried to help her install a new chandelier a million years ago. 😂
He’s gonna scream yahtzee! and bust that chandelier lol
Thanks was very helpful
its been a long time for me, Good Job
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing
Your video helped alot i was messing around the chandelier and the cap got lose and fell lucky my mom was asleep and i fixed it thank god
Thanks for sharing. How much weight can the bracket in the ceiling hold?
Yaayyyy thank you so much for this.
Phone number for Effortinc lighting
Awsome!!!!
Save yourself a headache and make sure you adjust the hang nut first, so that when you put the ceiling cover in place, the threads are about half way through the ceiling cover. Eyeball this before you hang the strap. If you try to adjust the length afterwards, the wires will twist up inside the junction box or twist around the hang nut and possibly cause a short.
UGH! THAT CAP! That's why I'm here. I can't figure out how to secure the cap with the nut with the wires in the way 😡😓
This is what I am afraid of. You have to twist the screw into the ceiling pretty tightly as that is what holds the top cover plate in place. I have put the chandelier together and my daughter is going to hold it while I connect the wires, but won’t they twist up while screwing it in to the ceiling?
Del Boy is pretty good at taking them down
How about for heavy weight chandelier hanging? Same way or differently? Please let me know.
Only thing different in mine is I have the copper wire for grounding thats short only to connect to that horizontal bracket with two screwholes. In some cases I see a naked copper wire come up from the fixtures but mine had only 2 wires come out from the fixture.
Should I just connect that to the copper wire from the bunch of wires for ground provided.
Rest is just Black to black, white to white.
How do you install a chandelier with a 3” downrod on a sloped ceiling? Please help me?
Super easy
I was feeling confident until the shut off breaker part- that’s when the thought of electrocution became real....I guess I’ll find an electrician 😅
You don’t know how to shut off the breaker??
How do I fit a cable light ?
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How much would you generally charge for this service?
any chandilier should work I mean have the necessary wiring for installation right? or I need to look at my ceiling wiring first before getting a chandilier?
All chandeliers (excepting antique ones) should have the same basic wires.
if i’m in an apartment building, how do i turn off my breaker?
The adjustment on the crossbar mounting bracket would have been helpful...
So weird. I wanted to refresh my memory and figure out if the ground wire goes all the way up the chain, and to my surprise this video has the exact light fixture. I got it for $20 at the Restore store, but I had to buy a chain and wire. If these guys paid $46 for a new one, I didn't get such a good deal.
Michael, I purchased a second hand hanging light and, of course, want to hang it. But before I do, I want to test the light to make sure it really works. How do I hook it up to an electrical outlet to test it? Can I just splice an electrical extension cord onto the light wiring and plug it in? Thank you for your response. Bruce
why cant the copper ground wire be inside of the electrical cord. the power wires inside the cord are already shielded and it would look better cosmetically
What about the switch line
Spotlights
I don’t have a ceiling plate though.
What does it mean if the breaker keeps popping?
lyset villalba there is a short somewhere.
are ceilings usually strong enough to carry the wight of a person?
No. Max is 12lb/6kg
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The next year Sia used it
U forgot to ask how long he wanted the chandelier, sometimes u have to remove with ur pliers to shorter it out
yes this was greatly oversimplified.... how about setting the depth of the threaded pipe and locking the nuts together? sheesh
The wires coming out of the light were the same color. How did you decide which to attach to neutral and which to the power?
The wires in the actual chandelier light fixture were marked ALTHOUGH not colour coded . The wires coming out of the ceiling junction box are generally white for neutral , and black ( or red ) for the hot wire .
Why is Jason Mantzoukas narrating home improvement videos?
Damn, I wante Chandelier from Sia and I'm here looking how to install a chandelier
you didn't show how to adjust the canopy without getting your wires all twisty
Okay well I'm here it goes pray for me. 😁
I wanted you to tell me which wire from the new fixture goes to the hot wire. You didn't. There is no manual with my fixture for the install and the directions are from China; so they are worthless.
Why doesn't the chandelier have a ground wire???
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That’s the same Chandelier I’m replacing
I searched up music (Heavy Metal) and this comes up am I lucky ??who knows
An electrician will charge for an hour but it only takes 15 minutes
I charge $150 in Los Angeles California
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Too fast to understand
But ours is really high) the people who installed out chandelier R.I.P I feel sorry for u
What type of lunch? ?? Hahaha..funny
"This is a definite do it yourself..." my ass! I'm hiring an Electrician!
Woodglut has very good designs and plans.
😏😏 it's SoO easy. And yet you didn't do it yourself. And let your buddy just "Hold the camera 🤔🤔
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Thumbs up from me.?
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If your house wiring is using yellow wires for hot- someone made a mistake.
Too dammed fast!
Looks really low
This guy isn't an electrician
if I need to buy so many tools , it is not worth it.
@bensonelectricinc very well said. Electrical work handled improperly, can burn a house down,cause arc flash to your eyes,& even be fatal. Not once did this guy mention using an insulated ladder,safety glasses or gloves. You guys need to stop discrediting the electrical trade that takes 4800 hours of apprenticeship before you could even take & aquire a c10 license so Please mr handy man tell me how you turn watts in to amperes off the top of your head without googling it, or what phase 1,phase 2,phase 3, symbolize, or please what does bonding mean in the electrical trade.
come to know Jesus
God bless I care about his people no matter what age or sex I whant to show his love to the world thanks for the feedback anyway :)
thank you for your kind words I love hearing this feedback
Nathaniel Aranda
Jesus was a muslim as we're all of the prophets such Abraham Moses etc and they came with Message to worship One God alone who is free of any partners no mother no son God is free from this and is the only one to be worshiped.
As an Electrical Contractor for the last 16 years, you should never hire a handy man to do electrical work. In most states you must be a licensed electrician to do electrical work for someone else. Many of the techniques shown in this video are wrong.
+bensonelectricinc I can't tell which is the hot wire because the fixture was given away by a friend. There is one wire coved in plastic (that can be split in two) and one uncovered. How do I find out which side of the plastic covered wire I connect to the hot wire? Please help. I would love to use the chandelier.
+malu brochado the wire you have is probably zip cord. One of the leads should have ridges on it. That wire goes to the white wire in the electrical box. The other insulated lead is the hot wire. That lead should go to the black wire. The bare copper wire should go to the green or bare copper wire.
Thank you much!
I understand what you're saying. There are DIY'ers who are handymen and there are handymen with decades of experience. We handymen get a bad rap because of this. I would never attempt to do a job that I didn't understand completely.
This is a “Hey look who I know & what he can do” video. Not educational at all. Poor camera work & editing doesn’t show how to connect the wires very clearly. Guess it was meant to show the cool graphics & force viewers to constantly rematch with no pay off 👎👎👎👎
Mine is like 25 feet in the air. So sucks