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- If you have a can light in an unwanted area. You can easily remove it. Even if you dont have attic access. Watch our video to learn how to remove this can light safely. People sometimes want to replace a can light with a ceiling fan. You can use a regular phillips head screwdriver but it is much easier if you have a stubby screwdriver. These are just very short screwdrivers. You will need to unscrew the 4 screws near the bottom of the can housing. Once you do this you will be able to push up the housing or pull it down. From here you can access the jbox that the electrical wires are in.
Always check for power even when you believe everything is off. Never cut two wires at one time unless you checked for power and there is no other option. When I was young and inexperienced I was replacing a lighting ballast in a commercial fixture. The light switch was off, but the light fixture was on an emergency power circuit separate from the other fixtures. After feeling 277 volts flow through my heart, I always check for power.
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Really helpful. I feel like I can do this myself now. I guess given the option, I'd still rather have Mike come to my house, if only for a beer and a chat. Cheers!
You bet your sweet foxtail I would. 🍻
Thank you. I was able to take those ugly things out, while leaving in the brackets, and fitting Halo wafer lights in its place.
I liked the video. I really hate those ugly can lights and I have quite a few of them to replace in my house with LED flushmount lights.
Have you thought about retrofitting those can lights too led flush mount trims?
@@TheVirtualElectrician Not really, I want the thin LED flushmount lights. It's annoying to find out little spiders crawling down from time to time
You should aim the camera at the can light all the time with your instructional explanation in the background. You should not flip flop between you and the can light that will make the viewers difficult to follow your instruction.
thanks for your advice but i disagree. Its a pretty easy electrical task to do and switching to me and adding graphics makes the video more entertaining.
@@TheVirtualElectriciannot for a first timer.
Imaging taking the housing just to put canless light well just did that . They wanted that specific model so made it happen
interesting. Did they just want the look where the LED bulb and trim are all one piece?
Thanks!!
No problem!
Nice video. Thank you
U bet!!
Is there any advantage of doing this rather than just doing retrofit LET kits for the can lights?
If they wanted to put a fan in place of a can light
You get holes in your Home Depot 3 pack gloves too like me? 😂
every three months
I want to change from a can light to a semi flush mount and also move it over about 6 inches. Can I just open it up, move the wires to a new junction box with brace and patch the hole, leaving the can up there?
yes - make sure jbox is accessible
thanks for this video - is it possible to just disconnect the wires, leave the can holder in place and simply install a new LED slim light? Any concerns with leaving the old stuff in place?
if the light fits it is ok
@@TheVirtualElectrician Thanks! Just installed all new 6 LEDs leaving all the "new construction" stuff hidden behind the sheet rock. I removed all cabling to the old stuff, secured the cabling to the new equipment JBoxes and everything works just fine - it was a bit of a pain to free up the cables due to narrow space (4 in holes) and older equipment having a lot of cables (ballasts).
@@v33dsportsvideoservices40 great job!
I have three 4.5" can lights under a flat roof that do not have the screws or the black clips. There is just one shiny clip on one side. I can't figure out how to get these three cans out so I can access the wiring to install wafer thin LEDs. I want install the LEDs throughout that bonus room where I do my hobby. This is what is stopping me from proceeding on this project. Advice?
I would be happy to help. Is there any way you can upload a picture of your can light?
@@TheVirtualElectrician Where can I upload to?
@@dkaustin98 you can email it too:
Mike@thevirtualelectrician.com
@@dkaustin98 also if it is a can light that you cannot drop down, have you thought about retrofitting the current can light to LED?
Can you link your video you reference about installing a fixture there? I couldn’t find that video. I’m interested in replacing a recessed light with a pendant. Thanks
i may have not loaded it yet. i promise it will be my next video
I would also like to see that video@@TheVirtualElectrician
Is it different if my cans are CFL?
nope
Yeah you got it right with the sledgehammer, those things are the biggest pieces of junk ever made!!!!
indeed
Kind of dangerous recommending people just shut the switch off. Thousands of old homes where people shared grounds with neutrals.
That’s why I say turn the breaker off.
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@1:36 - Uh... What?
cut the legs free
This might work for very simple/cheap cans. You'll never be able to do this with new construction LED lights. The recessed fixture is built like a tank. You WILL be removing some ceiling sheet rock. Welcome to the "Darkside" of LED lighting.
usually in residential homes, contractors still use these cheap 6 dollar cans. you might be thinking of cans for commercial spaces
@@TheVirtualElectrician Actually, no. Many of the recessed fixtures in my home were north of $400. These are Juno LEDs. When they fail, very expensive to fix. I wish I had gone halogen.
You really don’t say anything but the obvious
Yep thats the point