This video helped me out a lot! I changed my light bulb 2 years ago and I wasn’t able to put the lamp back on. Smh I should’ve looked this video up a while ago 😭 tysm!
@@HelloKittyFanMan You can get just one. Recently bought one(2 light bulb fixture similar to his) for around $16 at Home Depot. Lowe’s would carry that as well. Can go cheap or expensive. Choice is yours.
Bro thank you, I knew how to twist the black and white wire with wire nuts, it was the mounting that puzzled me. I didn’t realise the long screws go in bolt facing downwards, and hook in the holes. I never changed a ceiling fixture ever. This is my first time! Feel so accomplished. Replaced two of them! 😃 Time to cancel my handyman appointment. Just saved $65 doing it myself!
IF you decide to just flip the switch off, be sure to check for voltage at the light! According how it is wired determines whether there is still power at the light. I learned this the hard way and always flip the breaker when telling with any switched fixture.
Hey I’ve got conductivity coming out of the ceiling. I’m all hooked up and nothing is working. I tested the light switch and that works too. Only thing I can think of is the ground that you wrapped in that green screw. So Does the ground from the light fixture have to be grounded for this to work?
After you screwed the fixture light ground wire to the green hex screw, it looks like you pulled a second ground wire coming from the octogon box towards the first ground wire. Is this second ground wire from the ceiling and do you connect it to the end of the fixture light ground wire which has been already screwed to the green hex screw?
I broke my 30 year old ceiling fan light and almost hired an electrician to fix it. I'm glad I did it because now I'm replacing all the ceiling lights in my house on my own. It's easy. Buy a $10 voltage tester.
yes, if you remove the insulation it is no longer csa or ul listed right. Insurance will not cover fire damages if they discover this. Pls be careful !
4:41 I screwed my stem all the way up, and it's still too much sticking out. Don't know what to do. I've just got a light fixture sitting there, with no globe on it.
A: There is a small green. (upside down), screw on the flange, so I wrapped the wire around it & screwed it tight, then put the circle onto the long bolt & screwed the long nut up tight against it and the washer, (as kind of a double ground & a simultaneous, safety drop-cable).
The ground goes back to the main electrical panel and ties into the neutral bus bar so if a non-grounded conductor a.k.a. hot conductor touches the ground it will trip the breaker. The reason why it needs to trip the breaker is because if the non-grounded wire touch the metal metal is conductive therefore if you touched the metal your body would have potential and if you touched a grounding conductor like the earth or a neutral you could get a shock or potentially if it went through your heart you could get electrocuted.
That was from the ceiling fan I took out - my wall plate has two switches, one to control light and the other for the fan. Not needed in this light install, I just kept the connector on it and tucked in up there.
Problem: you missed the installation of the long, six-sided nut thing at the top where it attaches to the flange, (shown at 3:53) that the long screw goes into, (i.e.: flange, fixture, 6-sided nut, long screw, then lining up the fixture with the flange screws). .
Wait, the gold-colored nut? It's been a while since I did this video, but check out 1:08 in the video - I believe this piece was already pre-installed into the light assembly.
Not really a big deal. The fixture is relatively light and can be done easily with two hands. Go back to 03:24 and freeze. I supported fixture with one hand and with the other hand leveled the two wires and pinched with fingers to hold in place. With two wires tightly pinched still, I removed other hand from fixture to film freely, or in your case, grab the wire connector nearby and twist on. The wires supported the weight just fine. If you do figure out how to grow a third hand, let us know ;)
@@diybandit I just did this, and it was not easy, holding a light fixture by one thin wire. Worse, the wire nuts were too small for one of the pairs, let go to find another one, and wire nut on the ground wire let go. Epic failure on the part of electrical, to evolve.
If you don't tell what wire goes where it's of no value...like in my case there's just all these dangling wires ...so not saying what wire goes where is useless
i’m 14 years old and did this all by myself u helped a lot thank u!!!
That insulation literally stopped my house from burning down,might want to rethink that
Great video. I was missing a step (lost the instructions that comes with it). This video helped. I appreciate that this is straight forward.
This video helped me out a lot! I changed my light bulb 2 years ago and I wasn’t able to put the lamp back on. Smh I should’ve looked this video up a while ago 😭 tysm!
Glad this helped!
I bet they come in a set of 2 even if we do have one. It'd be nice to be able to just get one, though.
@@HelloKittyFanMan You can get just one. Recently bought one(2 light bulb fixture similar to his) for around $16 at Home Depot. Lowe’s would carry that as well. Can go cheap or expensive. Choice is yours.
Oh, thanks, @@graysinclair6572. And it seems kind of like Lowe's and The Home Depot might as well become Lowe's Home Depot.
Great video, couldn't of done it without this!
Tks. Greetings from Hermosillo Sonora, México.
Saludos
I so needed this video. THANK YOU!!!
You're welcome!
Bro thank you, I knew how to twist the black and white wire with wire nuts, it was the mounting that puzzled me. I didn’t realise the long screws go in bolt facing downwards, and hook in the holes. I never changed a ceiling fixture ever. This is my first time! Feel so accomplished. Replaced two of them! 😃 Time to cancel my handyman appointment. Just saved $65 doing it myself!
Love your comment - so glad this helped!
Most helpful and easily understandable. Thank you!
Thanks for your post. Glad it was helpful!
Great and helpful video! Thanks!❤
You're so welcome!
Thanks, big help
Thanks for the help.
Of course!
Well done video. Very helpful.
The insulation might be important to protect the ceiling from excessive heat. This might be less of an issue with LED bulbs. Just a thought. Thanks
IF you decide to just flip the switch off, be sure to check for voltage at the light!
According how it is wired determines whether there is still power at the light.
I learned this the hard way and always flip the breaker when telling with any switched fixture.
Hey I’ve got conductivity coming out of the ceiling. I’m all hooked up and nothing is working. I tested the light switch and that works too. Only thing I can think of is the ground that you wrapped in that green screw. So Does the ground from the light fixture have to be grounded for this to work?
Thanks dude, that helps a lot with what I was working with right now
No problem 👍
Thank you! This is the exact light fixture I’m attempting to install today! My first time to try this.
Good luck!
After you screwed the fixture light ground wire to the green hex screw, it looks like you pulled a second ground wire coming from the octogon box towards the first ground wire. Is this second ground wire from the ceiling and do you connect it to the end of the fixture light ground wire which has been already screwed to the green hex screw?
I think I got this, Thanks!
Hurray!
Thank you
You're welcome
Thank you.
You are welcome!
@@diybandit It worked just fine. I did it myself.
I am having trouble lining the screws
What size diameter is this light?
I broke my 30 year old ceiling fan light and almost hired an electrician to fix it. I'm glad I did it because now I'm replacing all the ceiling lights in my house on my own. It's easy. Buy a $10 voltage tester.
I was hoping you would show us how to install with the insulation. It's much harder to do but keeps the home safe
yes, if you remove the insulation it is no longer csa or ul listed right. Insurance will not cover fire damages if they discover this. Pls be careful !
4:41 I screwed my stem all the way up, and it's still too much sticking out.
Don't know what to do.
I've just got a light fixture sitting there, with no globe on it.
What'd you do with the house ground?
A: There is a small green. (upside down), screw on the flange, so I wrapped the wire around it & screwed it tight, then put the circle onto the long bolt & screwed the long nut up tight against it and the washer, (as kind of a double ground & a simultaneous, safety drop-cable).
The ground goes back to the main electrical panel and ties into the neutral bus bar so if a non-grounded conductor a.k.a. hot conductor touches the ground it will trip the breaker. The reason why it needs to trip the breaker is because if the non-grounded wire touch the metal metal is conductive therefore if you touched the metal your body would have potential and if you touched a grounding conductor like the earth or a neutral you could get a shock or potentially if it went through your heart you could get electrocuted.
I saw that there was a red wire coming out the ceiling (had some white paint on it, but was red). What you do with that one?
That was from the ceiling fan I took out - my wall plate has two switches, one to control light and the other for the fan. Not needed in this light install, I just kept the connector on it and tucked in up there.
Wait did you just twist the wires on the fixture itself together?
it came wired like that from factory, 3 lamps in parallel!
The recomended light bulbs size and all
I didn’t realize boob lights came in sets of two but that makes sense
My bowl broke how do I measure it to replace it
Why do i have 3 wires on my Maine power ?
Problem: you missed the installation of the long, six-sided nut thing at the top where it attaches to the flange, (shown at 3:53) that the long screw goes into, (i.e.: flange, fixture, 6-sided nut, long screw, then lining up the fixture with the flange screws). .
Wait, the gold-colored nut? It's been a while since I did this video, but check out 1:08 in the video - I believe this piece was already pre-installed into the light assembly.
I installed a chandelier on my own
Not helpful, when blowing past the third hand needed to hold the fixture while two hands needed to put on the screw caps.
Not really a big deal. The fixture is relatively light and can be done easily with two hands. Go back to 03:24 and freeze. I supported fixture with one hand and with the other hand leveled the two wires and pinched with fingers to hold in place. With two wires tightly pinched still, I removed other hand from fixture to film freely, or in your case, grab the wire connector nearby and twist on. The wires supported the weight just fine. If you do figure out how to grow a third hand, let us know ;)
@@diybandit I just did this, and it was not easy, holding a light fixture by one thin wire. Worse, the wire nuts were too small for one of the pairs, let go to find another one, and wire nut on the ground wire let go.
Epic failure on the part of electrical, to evolve.
If you don't tell what wire goes where it's of no value...like in my case there's just all these dangling wires ...so not saying what wire goes where is useless
I just matched the colors - super easy. Check your installation manual or call an electrician!
@@diybandit He wasn't paying attention to the video cause you did say in the video white with white and black with black wire.
Only reason that I found your video irritating is the use of one hand have someone record for you next time
Haha, fair point
Bruh I needed to just screw it back in