I would like to thank you for this channel. I have always been terrified when it comes to electricity. 10 years ago i paid an electrician $1500 to put 5 of these lights in my kitchen to replace a nasty fluorescent strip. This past fall i was desperate to lose the gloom and have another 11 installed in the rest of the attached space but could not fathom what it would potentially cost me. After finding your channel and watching a bunch of the wiring tutorials, I put my big girl boots on and forged ahead, and completely transformed my barely used family room into a space i am elated to be in. I sure hit a lot of snags and spent a lot of time in the attic but it was a pretty transformative experience. Since then I have replaced many, many light fixtures in my house, something i never would have dared before. THANK YOU !!!
ROCKSTAR! Well done! I hope to follow in my own big girl boots after watching this video, and fighting with that stupid metal box (old houses are the worst).
Mister Tee: I am 77 years old and have been doing (or attempting to do) all my own work since I was in my early 20s (everything from roofing, to hardwood floor refinishing, to plumbing, to electrical.) Had I been so fortunate to have had a teacher like you, I could have saved an untold amount of frustration, anguish, ugly jobs, re-work time, and the gall of having to live with something I screwed up. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for all you do for all us "less-than-well-heeled" homeowners who must do our own work. It is a pleasure to be an under-study to you via TH-cam. ☺ (Today I am on a ladder straightening out a ceiling "repair" job which I messed up due to bad mudding ☺ .)
I bought my house a little over 4 years ago, and have checked out MANY home improvement videos since then, doing a number of projects. You are, without a doubt, the best instructor I have come across! I love how you don't assume your viewer has any previous knowledge, and explain even the tiniest detail, giving fantastic "rules of thumb" all along the way. You make clear where precision is paramount, and where a little leeway is acceptable. You're an outstanding teacher!
I was about to drop 4k on having an electrician install recessed lighting....not anymore. Glad to have found your channel. Update: I successfully installed 10 pot lights. There were many surprises in the ceiling, along the way; having watched this video several times helped medegate these surprises. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
i'm not a home owner or a DIY'er, in fact i have Parkinson's Disease but ur videos really amaze me with such depth of textbook knowledge n practical real life situation. You show how things are done , n how people do it n the mistakes they do that can lead to other problem..............UR AWESOME a big fan of ur work n videos
I did this with my hallway. Added 4 of these and now the hallway is the brightest part of the house when before it was probably the darkest. What a big difference. Definitely will be doing the other rooms especially the living room.
I have installed a bunch of these in my last couple houses, and I love them for lots of reasons. I DO have a 6' 1/8" hole saw, which makes these an absolute breeze to install. It's an adjustable hole saw made for drywall, and it even has a plastic tub around it to catch drywall dust. It was inexpensive and makes the hole cutting for these lights absolutely trivial! Also, it's just a couple blades on an arm, so it won't aggressively cut into any metal or wood it might encounter. It's the perfect tool for doing more than a few of these lights!
Just writing to say thanks after getting our new dozen 12W 6" ceiling LEDs installed over the last week or so. I was able to pull power from the room-center ceiling fan and add a new dimming wall switch just for the new lights. My wife handled a lot of the overhead wiring connections due to my having a torn rotator cuff. We used your math and your detailed suggestions along the way. Both of us are retired, and her eyesight really appreciates the additional light. Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience!
The timing on this is incredible. I just bought a house last year and the living room has this big ugly main light and I've been wanting to put these exact lights in. Super helpful, thank you!
Before you jump right in and start cutting holes, I find it’s helpful to put up string on screws to lay out the pattern. The lights go where the strings cross. This is especially true if you have a lot of lights to put up. You can get a pretty good idea if it looks right and easily make changes if it doesn’t. Screw holes can be covered up with a little dab of spackling from your finger. Much easier than patching a hole cut in the wrong place.
@Larry negative. I went 42 inches fixture to fixture but 28 inches out from the wall since i will have under cabinet lighting. Just because of the size of the kitchen. I was responding to using a string taped to the ceiling after I marked my ceiling from the wall and from each row of lights. My kitchen is 11 by 16 making even spacing difficult, not enough light from 11 foot side to use two lights so I used 3. I think they ended up being 42 inches apart not 48.
@@davidcarter734 gotcha. I find I like less of those 6 inch lights because they're so bright. It's almost overwhelming. The guy I do work for is a light fanatic and wants to put 10 in a 10x10 room and I hate it. 4 is my sweet spot, still stupidly bright but not overwhelming.
@Larry yeah I'm with you. These are over 1000 lumens. I'm with Jeff, though on adding a dimmer to bring them down. I'd rather my wife be able to adjust them how she wants while prepping food. 1000 lumens may set her hair on fire hahaha.
@@davidcarter734 yeah we put all ours on dimmers too. My wife wants all the lights on. She loves the brightness. I'm more of a less light/darker room type of guy.
As a first time home owner who's never had to do any of that stuff, it's actually really reassuring to see how easy it is as long as you're careful and plan correctly. I really didn't want to pay an electrician who would charge me $100 just to show up, not counting the price of the actual work + material to do this and I'm glad I won't have to. Got some of those 3 spot Ikea light in the basement but want to replace that with those pot lights and probably a couple wall light because I want to make it a theater room and I think it will fit the vibe really well.
An excellent video. Years (and i mean Years) ago i took a course called "wiring your home for the home handyman". It gave me the confidence I needed to undertake wiring and basic electricity projects. This video is excellent and cuts right to the project with helpful suggestions. Lighting has changed and we need to update some of our lighting and convert to this style of fixture. Thank you.
yeah he barely explains it at 29:14 but it looks like the junction box connectors have 3 slots 1. to go to the light (pre connected), 2. to go to the power source (what you see him connecting), and 3. to pass on to another light (what he'd connect on the middle and first light). That's my guess.. haven't actually seen one yet.
@@johncollins5952You are absolutely correct. The connectors (Wago style) can even be switched out for 4's, but I wouldn't do it. J-boxes are rated for a specific number of wires and, if you go over that number, you're going against code and creating a hazard, thus the reason for the existence of the limit code. Heat's a bitch and it can ruin your day in a very short time.
Ripped down a heated ceiling in my kitchen. Just, and I mean literally a few days before the drywallers arrived I decided on these lights and installed the pans and 14-2 wiring. Then I realized I bought 4" lights. Took them back for 6" lights. THE BEST decision ever.
At first didn't know anything about the existence of Pot Lights, just those big bulking recessed fixtures that my brother-in-law helped me out a few years back for my kitchen lighting upgrade. After shuffling around for some videos to get some ideas to upgrade the interior of my garage for lighting, painting and other project ideas for the near future I am so glad that we came across yours. With not too many hardcore electrical installs but more experience on low voltage wiring this gives me the big confidence and all the tools you provide to get this done. Thanks for the links, now time to do some AMAZON shopping. Look forward to viewing some more of your hands on video tutorials.
Your videos are the best !!!! No BS .. just this is how you get the job done !! thanks to your videos.. I'm able to save 1000's on building sheds and offices etc.. in the backyard using the lean-to roof that you showed how to build !!! and now I can wire it all up!!!
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY I’m still missing a step here. At 21:50 you said pull down the wire no longer than the other. But I’ve ware her and rewatched the video and don’t know how you connected the new wire to the new lights you installed. Any information on what to do there?
In the US, at least in Minnesota and Wisconsin, homeowners are allowed to do the electrical for their own homesteaded property. Saves a TON of money. As you said, it's just not that hard...especially with great tutorial videos like this. Thank you!
Jeff, this is probably one of the most “real” down to earth “how to” videos I’ve ever watched. So in depth, yet easy to understand and follow. I can’t wait to do my home now! Liked and subscribed! 🙏🏻
Jeff, I really enjoy your work! You explain things in plain language that is precise and easy to understand - in this vid you explained 3 way wiring and i understood (after 20 odd years of noodling around doing simple renovations and being intimidated by electrical wiring) - good job!
Glad to see your channel is doing awesome. I remodeled two rooms and a hall on my second floor recently. I'm still useless with a trowel. But, it;s done. :) I wanted to mention that on some of the lights I purchased that featured selectable color ranges, say 3000K 4500K 6000K, they used only two colors of LED chips inside. This is well and good, except on the yellower light, 3000K, only half of the LED's in the unit operate. Same for the blue light range of 6000K. Thats only half the output! Yet one more consideration which likely wont be stated on the marketing junk on the box or Amazon description! The middle temperature setting 4500K it powered all the LED's and actually put out the specified light. I'm sure some are better than others and some may use RGB LED chips, instead of alternating or combining two chips. This makes me much more cautious moving forward when shopping for lights. Inside the house I much prefer the lower Kelvin range. Just need to be mindful that if you do, make sure it's still putting out the lumens you think it will, if it's selectable. Luckily mine were just in closets. Otherwise, yeah, LED's are awesome and much welcome advance! Great video, Jeff!!
Hi Jeff, I was watching your video on my TV (firestick), and felt that I had to make some positive comments. I am not planning or doing any renovations at this time. So, I am sitting at home with grandma and watching your presentations, They are great! In the above episode, you mentioned that the power required for lumen intensity equivalent to a 100W incandescent is 15Watts., Watts = E x I, or 15=120 x I. or roughly 0.8 amperes per LED. a very -low current suggests that 20x2 wire would more than do the job. (20x2) can handle 5 amperes current. Even telephone cable would suffice for up to 6 bulbs daisy-chained. If in the future I decide to add LED lighting to a room, I would be following it using your method and doing it to the main floor of a duplex. As a reminder for your readers, a Duplex has a second story apartment above the main one, I am wondering about the 1960 style homes, where living rooms had zero ceiling lights, and zero light switches. I am thinking, sometime in the future, of the need to draw power (16x3) cable for dimmer switches (most dimmers need and use that green ground) from the distribution panel, but because... my old house did not get wired with 14x3 for recepticles. I found your videos most informative. I am in Montreal, some 2 hours away from Ottawa, and look forward one day to getting together for a lunch (on me) Grandpa Leslie
My guy, you are good sh!t. When I first saw your videos, I found you a tad cocky… I don’t really know why. But actually now I find you very genuine. Like you actually have given me confidence to try some of this stuff. Because you given me the reassurance that it’s okay to make mistakes. I am no handyman. Not at all. So thanks for your videos, sir.
You made this look incredibly easy. Fact is though, In most situations, you have to drill thru several 2 x 10's many of which are blind (you can't see where you are drilling). That's where it becomes problematic to try to fish that 14/2 cable through many of these 3/4 or 1 inch drill bit hole to complete an in-series connection. It can be done, but it's probably not for the average DIY' job. They ARE a great addition to a room or *all* rooms in the house eventually. Process is just much slower.
Thank you very much for this video. The time has come to retrofit my basement lighting and you have given me all of the confidence that I need to get started. I would also like to compliment your camera person - everything was so clear and well lit.
Love these. I installed 4 in my kitchen. I will be needing to run a 10 awg line for an electric oven. Two story house, and it looked like the only way was to run a conduit to the attic, and drill down. I dropped the lights, and charted a new path without all the crap of going through the attic or needing a conduit.
This is an incredible video. The only piece I’m confused on is installing the middle (the second light). I see the 14/2 goes from the first light to the third light, but what about the second light and how do these connect?
this is really good, especially the discussion about number of lights related to angle of throw. I do take exception with the 14/2 vs. 14/3 discussion. You won't need 14/3 between lights unless you want to turn some of them on and off independently of others. If your existing light has 2 14/3 coming to it, hot and neutral will be connected to the light and those are the two you need in 14/2 to all the rest of the lights. The other hots in the 14/3 will be connected together and they can stay connected together in the new install.
I love your videos. I like how you explain little detail things, like how to use wire strippers and how not damage drywall.. Reminds me of how my dad would explain things. I lost my dad last year, and watching this video made me think of those times. Thanks
Thank you for the video. This is super helpful. So I understand the one pot light connected to the original center light. How do you connect the next pot light to the existing wires so that all of them are connected to the main wire that went to the center of the room? Thank you.
Shocked he didn’t show that Basically u use both pops outs on box’ 1 end like he did and other end is the wire going to the next light’ so u will have the 3 wires on your box 3 wires from one romex cable And 3 wires from 2nd romex cable connect all 3 white to white Green to green Black to black And continue doing that down the line Your last light will only have 1 romex into it as u don’t have another light in the chain’ Hope that helps u some’
Holy Zit! That has happened to me many times buddy! Geeze!!! You hit a beam trying to cut the hole for the light. Just look at your facial expression! Hahahahaha! I've done the same! LMBO!!! Luv your shows! I watch endless hours of it when I can't sleep. Boom! You're the best!!! Rock on buddy!
This is the third or fourth of your videos I've stumbled across, and I just wanted to finally pop in a comment to say I sincerely appreciate you. Excellent, useful content. Subscribed. Cheers to you and yours.
I am learning so much from you! So far you helped me fix a leak in my pex pipe, and fix the hole I had to create in my drywall so I could access it. Oh thank you so much! 😘 I'm repainting next and I was not aware to sand the wall first. I bought what I need...brushes and all. You are the GREATEST my friend!🏋
I agree with you Debbie! LOVE LOVE LOVE these JEFF VIDEOS! I could watch them night and day if I had the time… even though I am not doing the work myself. I am a widow of nearly 10 years now. My late husband was the “Jeff of all Trades” and completely gutted and renovated a 1906 house adding a 3 story addition on. He was amazing, but sadly I experienced a house fire last June that started by a bird brining a lit cigarette to a nest in the corner eve of my house. I am now having to work with contractors to get everything rebuilt. Many are very nice people but several have done things that cost me more money and not to my satisfaction. Anyway… Jeff’s videos are as fun to watch as they are interesting and helpful for me to understand and ask questions of the contractors. I am glad I watched this specific video as I learned something about the angle of the lighting that I didn’t previously know. Thanks, Jeff! And, I would add is that though Jeff is recommending the 6” Pot lights, I watched another TH-cam video by a lighting designer specialist who was strongly advocating for smaller lights … he recommended 2” ones. Unfortunately that won’t work for me as my contractor actually added electrical connections for pendant lights that need to be moved as they are going to interfere with the range hood. Not his fault. The cabinet maker told him where to hang them. Regardless the hole is too big for 2” lights so I have purchased 4” ones instead. We will see if they can work or if I have to go to 6” ones. Also I am trying to do a smart home implementation. I am all about “hands free” stuff. I purchased Alexa controlled lights. I will be the one to configure the technology, but the contractor will do the electrical and construction piece.
Jeff, you are awesome. I really like how you explain, demonstrate and teach fundamentals... I am learning a lot from your videos. You would be a great teacher
Jeff said "read the box"...its not cereal..it actually has a ton of information on there..😂 and thats why Home Renovision is my go to..The info is top notch and his humor is open mic ready.
Your description was very detailed all the way through hooking up the first light. I'm trying to figure out how you daisy chain the wire to the other three lights so all four turn on with the wall switch.
POTENTIAL FIRE WARNING - Jeff absolutely LOVE your videos! and have learned a ton! Hopefully I can offer a lesson to share with you. Once thing that was missed in your video is the installation instructions for these lights. For a lot of these LED lights, there is supposed to be a 3-4" clearance above the LED light itself. I was watching an electrical video from another channel ( Electrical Code Coach) who teaches residential code and his comment that he had reports from his friend of one of these catching fire. If there a joist or other material up there that could ignite be aware and change the location of your box. Personally I do know that the backs of the LED lights can get VERY hot if the driver fails.
I wish this video had been available about a month ago when I started adding these lights in my living room. Awesome content! Really helpful for new homeowners like myself
This is an awesome video! I had to make about 12 holes in my ceiling when I did this because there was no strapping and had a bunch of studs to go through
I followed your instructions on a different how to video for a lighting package and did this to my dining room and it looks great! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This is an amazing - detailed and professional - video. I have a similar-sized room in my home and installed six WF6 LED 30K MW M6 13W Ultra Thin 6" Dimmable LED Recessed Ceiling Light, 3000K, White (on a dimmer and purchased on Amazon) daisy-chained four feet apart and 2 feet from the walls. I hired an electrician who charged me $500 for the complete installation. It turned out great. The only thing I would caution is to make sure they are on a dimmer or they are incredibly bright - as in your eyes will hurt bright. Also, an easier way to cut the drywall is to put a 6-inch hole saw on your drill and it's incredibly fast. You'll want to cut the drywall a bit smaller to ensure a snug fit. These recessed lights are much better looking than the canister lights that builders used in the past - they look more modern and flush with the ceiling drywall. Your videos are incredibly valuable. They give your community the confidence needed to do a good and professional DIY job. Thanks for this!
If anybody needs a good little hack. Instead of sticking your hand in there to feel around. You can always stick your phone in and take a picture. make sure you got the flash on.
I have used my iPhone in video mode with light on and used my Apple Watch as the screen to see live video of the phone I’m holding in or have sat in the roof.
Two quick questions with these style LED fixtures - 1) will there be any code or fire issues if the hardwire box just sits in the ceiling as opposed to screwed against a joist and 2) are these fixtures compatible with wet/damp areas such as in a standing shower stall? Thanks, great video and timely!
Please make a video to show how did you connect old tube light power source to one light and then to last light that you completed. Missed the in between link from old light to second light and then to last light. That will be very helpful.
Yes, connect the hot to the hot, neutral to neutral, ground to ground. Torque down on that wire nut and twist it until the sheathed area looks like a pretzel
Tip that I just figured out today: if you want to experiment with the placement of your lights but don't want to cut random holes in your drywall ceiling (this is me), here's what you can do: cut a 1 in by 1 in by 1 in piece of wood and put two-sided tape on opposite sides. Stick one of the sides to the spot on the ceiling where you want to try out a light. Then stick the backside of these LED wafer lights to the underside of the block. You can mount these wherever you want to determine how many and where the lights should be before committing to actually cutting the ceiling!
Great tutorial on how to cut the holes and fish and connect the box, but I was waiting to see how you wire the first and second light. You would have to connect two wires to a box for each lights? So two whites and two blacks to a box for each lights?
I really liked this video, first one I have seen and while I have done a lot of electrical, I am not one to start cutting holes and stuff and alwasy wanting to make sure I meet code since I am not licenced. I saw two things, first the 14/2 being the most common, that might stil lbe the case but smart lights are more and more common now even as pot lights, and those are going to need the neutral wire. That is the situation for the project I am about to take. The second thing and its one of the two reasons I watched the video was to see how you were going to handle the "middle point" where a light is going to have both incoming and outgoing wires. This was not show you only showed the end of the chain. So I was curious if you were going to share a grommet for two wires, install a 2nd one, what wire splices you were going to use, etc. The last part of my project specific to me and I didnt expect to see here is I am not replacing a single light in the room, I am replacing a fan/light combo but keeping the fan/light. So I will have a different mounting situation to contend with, or may want to run a whole new switch to isolate the new lights from the fan's light.
What an enjoyable evening watching this video! Perfect timing as I have a small hallway with a can light right outside of a pantry. Input an eyeball cover on it to direct light into the pantry but it is not good enough. I had just been contemplating whether I should move the light or add another. I am going to do this! You give such thorough information that I have no doubt at all that this 60-year old woman can do this! Thank you for the wonderful tutorials!
Jeff, I notice when you remove the fixture you didn't show how to wire the house wire to the pot light and continue to your next pot light. Are their extry wire in the light to connect to the next light. Please explain.
Hi Jeff, you're videos are awesome! I know others have already expressed it but I really want to add my thanks and appreciation to you (and your team) for taking the time to answer the 'Whys' as well as the 'Hows'. Things need fixing, and speaking from my own experience, paying a professional isn't always an option (plus I like DIY anyway 😉). Anyway, your generosity with your knowledge and experience has really helped me to feel empowered and encouraged to take on some upcoming projects. THANKS!!! P.S. - I can't help wondering, since the circle/template from the light packaging is 5.75", what's the distance between the edges of the cut-outs for the clips? Would it take you to 6.125" ?
You have the most useful videos on the internet. Thanks Jeff, long time fan. Is it just me or did you skip over how to wire in sequence multiple lights? Video needed 5 more minutes of content. still loved it but I have everything I need to do this from 2 years ago that I ahvent got around to.
@@rachaelcoats It's pretty simple once you are able to hurdle the wire over the ceiling. I had a center kitchen light to begin with, from the kitchen light you need to measure wire 14-2 to be attached to the first LED light, then you run another wire from the first light installed to the next, and next, and next. I only placed 4 in my kitchen, and the box brings 6. The hardest part is the ceiling, because since I have blown insulation, once you try pulling the wire down the insulation spills out. Good Luck, great video by the way.
Excellent video! I have a room in a 2004 built house that has a single switch to turn on a plug without overhead lighting. You made it look so easy that I think I can add 4 to 6 cans to light it up!
Loved the way you explained things! But, I would also like to know how to do the wiring with multiple lights. How do they all get connected together to the same switch?
I've wanted to do pot lights for a while. The LED ones are so great! Unfortunately where I live there are no homeowner electrical or plumbing permits. Have to call in a pro. But now I'm considering cutting all of the holes and doing all the prep work so the electrician just has to put white to white and black to black.
I have a house built in the 90s where the living room and bedrooms don’t have light fixtures but have outlets connected to a switch. Can you do a video showing how to rig up pot lights in those kinds of rooms? Thank you so much for this video! I’m forever grateful for your content and absolutely love your channel.
@@Rex-ed9dgthen I'm sure you could do what you asked relatively easily without a guide. Worst part would be fishing wire through the ceiling and wall to the switch.
Thank you for all your awesome videos. On this one, I was hoping to see how you connect the 2nd and 3rd light together. Do all the lights connect to each other, or all of them individually connect to the main wire coming from the switch?
Thanks for all these amazing videos that are enabling me to be a better homeowner! One question with this specific video as this is my next project. How to you connect the lights to each other and then connect it to the light switch? I have a light switch already hooked to an outlet but I want to install these lights. Thanks!!
Daisy chain all the pot lights together (a giant U shape). One of your ends will connect into the light switch, where your power will also be. Connect it all up, don't forget to ground. Just a rough guess; I'm no wire guy.
silver lining of the pandemic---one gets to learn from your channels to prep for the upcoming projects💯🇨🇦 This topic was quite relevant. I participated in your latest live stream, for non members, and learned you will be selling your church. I guess as these video's get closer to representing what condition the church is in in real time we will see all the upgrades and repairs you did in preparation for the selling of it. Quite a bold move to change directions after such anticipation of just how amazing the church was going to become! As I said in the stream, I have postponed the ICF extension until 2023 or beyond until we see if stagflation or recession or nuclear war😳 or??? will be around. In the meantime, investment portfolio continues to generate more savings, and so one gets paid while I wait. Here on Prince Edward Island chain supply issues do not help in the enthusiasm department of wanting to do an expensive build. Lots of DIY projects to finish up in the house to keep having fun and learning from your channel. Stay safe and look forward to hearing where things stand with you folks aka what direction you will be taking "us." Cheers to the editor of your vids as well...great team work!💯🇨🇦
Thank you Jeff for doing all these videos, I have learned the most from your videos out of all the rennovation videos!, I was able to complete my entire condo from all the videos you had completed, especially the tile, doing it the first time was so tough, but once after watching your video, totally knew what to do and it was just experience from there, I went really really slow and accurate, for the 1st time doing all these renos. Very inspiring and its so cool to watch you do these jobs!!! amazing work Jeff! Question is; what if we wanted to install pot lights in the condominium (constructed 2005 - 4 story 25 unit wood structure) kitchen where there is another floor above and there is not attic separation? or would a ceiling box needed to be made? The unit has gypcrete flooring and have no idea what is above my condo ceiling let alone the spacing in there. Thanks!
These are not pot lights technically, Jeff, they are wafer lights. You were very lucky to have strapping on the 2 X 10's, it makes for a much quicker installation. Great video for homeowners. In the US, Most States allow Homeowners to do their own wiring, you still need to get a permit for most things and then have it inspected if you want your Homeowners insurance to cover it. I don't know about Canada Thanks for sharing, Russ, 28 years in the Electrical Trade.
Your videos are awesome. First time I have seen them and I can't stop watching. I'm learning a lot and getting a refresher course on other things. Thank You.
LED lights are amazing. The fact that they are like 15w a piece is a game changer, you can pretty much just put up as many lights as you want these days lol. You could put up like 20 of them on a 120v circuit and only draw like less than 3 amps
Love this, but can you do a video on how to run this from when the switch turns on/off the outlet instead of having a light in the ceiling center of the room?
What would be the steps if you’re using an outlet that’s on a switch instead of an existing fixture? Love the video, was planning to install some in my kitchen and living room. This just got me more pumped to do it
Run a new wire from switch to closest pot light. Abandon the outlet wire. Would require a few extra holes near the switch and ceiling to fish the new wire
Awesome,,,learned this new tech today - I think I would be able to do this myself to replace all of my recessed LED lightbulbs soon ,,,BY MYSELF!! (vs contractor charges $150 per recessed light replacement part included!)
A great video! I have been wanting to install spot lights on my house ceiling. But my some confusion was that existing ceiling light fixture can be used as power source for spot lights.
Cool video. "...for now we're done with these" (acts like he's gonna toss the florescent light tubes)......lol. Had me going for a sec.....lol. Thanks for the video as your stuff is always a learning experience as well as somewhat entertaining. 👍😎
I know I'm a year old, but we just did this project replacing lights in a new finished basement. Templates are nice, but if you're lucky enough to have kids or younger siblings still in school.. just go a head and steal their compass they're using for math class LOL. Was just so much easier for me especially since I am so nit picky about being perfectly lined up. Threw my chalk lines down and just used the protractor to have my holes perfectly centered as best as I could along the whole ceiling. Just make sure the compass is large enough for the product you're using. Although u can get away with one a bit smaller.
Jeff, this video is almost perfect for what I want to do. Problem is, I would need to install 8 lights to replace a ceiling fan that's on a 3-way switch. You breezed over the 3-way switch thing pretty quick and I don't know what I'm doing. Any videos or other resources you can recommend that cover that? I found one video that was super confusing. I like the way you mostly go pretty slow and explain everything (except my 3-way light situation, anyway). Thanks!
another awesome video jeff! im about to build my own house and have been doing a lot of research on how to make your house insanely air tight. id love to see a video from you on everything to make your new house crazy air tight.
Just a precaution on making your house too airtight. If you are in an area where Radon is a problem, make sure your ventilation is designed properly and you get the necessary/required airchanges per hour (even if you don't have Radon problems, this is important).
These lights have become popular enough that nearly every tool brand has a hole saw made for 4” or 6” recessed can lights and they are not that expensive. They make quick work cutting and using a shop vacuum hose keeps dust to a minimum.
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I would like to thank you for this channel. I have always been terrified when it comes to electricity. 10 years ago i paid an electrician $1500 to put 5 of these lights in my kitchen to replace a nasty fluorescent strip. This past fall i was desperate to lose the gloom and have another 11 installed in the rest of the attached space but could not fathom what it would potentially cost me. After finding your channel and watching a bunch of the wiring tutorials, I put my big girl boots on and forged ahead, and completely transformed my barely used family room into a space i am elated to be in. I sure hit a lot of snags and spent a lot of time in the attic but it was a pretty transformative experience. Since then I have replaced many, many light fixtures in my house, something i never would have dared before. THANK YOU !!!
ROCKSTAR! Well done! I hope to follow in my own big girl boots after watching this video, and fighting with that stupid metal box (old houses are the worst).
Mister Tee: I am 77 years old and have been doing (or attempting to do) all my own work since I was in my early 20s (everything from roofing, to hardwood floor refinishing, to plumbing, to electrical.) Had I been so fortunate to have had a teacher like you, I could have saved an untold amount of frustration, anguish, ugly jobs, re-work time, and the gall of having to live with something I screwed up. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for all you do for all us "less-than-well-heeled" homeowners who must do our own work. It is a pleasure to be an under-study to you via TH-cam. ☺ (Today I am on a ladder straightening out a ceiling "repair" job which I messed up due to bad mudding ☺ .)
Spot-on. What a nice comment! People sharing their skills they earned over years and years to amateurs is one of the great things about TH-cam.
I’m slightly younger than you but not much and I love studying with Jeff too.
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I bought my house a little over 4 years ago, and have checked out MANY home improvement videos since then, doing a number of projects. You are, without a doubt, the best instructor I have come across! I love how you don't assume your viewer has any previous knowledge, and explain even the tiniest detail, giving fantastic "rules of thumb" all along the way. You make clear where precision is paramount, and where a little leeway is acceptable. You're an outstanding teacher!
I was about to drop 4k on having an electrician install recessed lighting....not anymore. Glad to have found your channel. Update: I successfully installed 10 pot lights. There were many surprises in the ceiling, along the way; having watched this video several times helped medegate these surprises. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Thanks for the update 👍
i'm not a home owner or a DIY'er, in fact i have Parkinson's Disease but ur videos really amaze me with such depth of textbook knowledge n practical real life situation. You show how things are done , n how people do it n the mistakes they do that can lead to other problem..............UR AWESOME a big fan of ur work n videos
I did this with my hallway. Added 4 of these and now the hallway is the brightest part of the house when before it was probably the darkest. What a big difference. Definitely will be doing the other rooms especially the living room.
I have installed a bunch of these in my last couple houses, and I love them for lots of reasons. I DO have a 6' 1/8" hole saw, which makes these an absolute breeze to install. It's an adjustable hole saw made for drywall, and it even has a plastic tub around it to catch drywall dust. It was inexpensive and makes the hole cutting for these lights absolutely trivial!
Also, it's just a couple blades on an arm, so it won't aggressively cut into any metal or wood it might encounter. It's the perfect tool for doing more than a few of these lights!
Thats what I use. I destroyed one though using on plaster. Dulls them pretty much instantly
Thanks for posting a link to it...
@@seeyditti Links get your comments deleted. Just run a search.
Why in the world do you have a six foot hole saw?!
@@danielhh47 Oops. It's a bit of a wrist cracker. Lol
Just writing to say thanks after getting our new dozen 12W 6" ceiling LEDs installed over the last week or so. I was able to pull power from the room-center ceiling fan and add a new dimming wall switch just for the new lights. My wife handled a lot of the overhead wiring connections due to my having a torn rotator cuff. We used your math and your detailed suggestions along the way. Both of us are retired, and her eyesight really appreciates the additional light. Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience!
The timing on this is incredible. I just bought a house last year and the living room has this big ugly main light and I've been wanting to put these exact lights in. Super helpful, thank you!
Before you jump right in and start cutting holes, I find it’s helpful to put up string on screws to lay out the pattern. The lights go where the strings cross. This is especially true if you have a lot of lights to put up. You can get a pretty good idea if it looks right and easily make changes if it doesn’t. Screw holes can be covered up with a little dab of spackling from your finger. Much easier than patching a hole cut in the wrong place.
@@davidcarter734 you put the lights every 36"?!?!
@Larry negative. I went 42 inches fixture to fixture but 28 inches out from the wall since i will have under cabinet lighting. Just because of the size of the kitchen. I was responding to using a string taped to the ceiling after I marked my ceiling from the wall and from each row of lights. My kitchen is 11 by 16 making even spacing difficult, not enough light from 11 foot side to use two lights so I used 3. I think they ended up being 42 inches apart not 48.
@@davidcarter734 gotcha. I find I like less of those 6 inch lights because they're so bright. It's almost overwhelming. The guy I do work for is a light fanatic and wants to put 10 in a 10x10 room and I hate it. 4 is my sweet spot, still stupidly bright but not overwhelming.
@Larry yeah I'm with you. These are over 1000 lumens. I'm with Jeff, though on adding a dimmer to bring them down. I'd rather my wife be able to adjust them how she wants while prepping food. 1000 lumens may set her hair on fire hahaha.
@@davidcarter734 yeah we put all ours on dimmers too. My wife wants all the lights on. She loves the brightness. I'm more of a less light/darker room type of guy.
As a first time home owner who's never had to do any of that stuff, it's actually really reassuring to see how easy it is as long as you're careful and plan correctly.
I really didn't want to pay an electrician who would charge me $100 just to show up, not counting the price of the actual work + material to do this and I'm glad I won't have to.
Got some of those 3 spot Ikea light in the basement but want to replace that with those pot lights and probably a couple wall light because I want to make it a theater room and I think it will fit the vibe really well.
Very helpful walk-through. Pro tip : Use a laser level to project lines on the ceiling to perfectly align the fixture spacing.
Great tip
An excellent video. Years (and i mean Years) ago i took a course called "wiring your home for the home handyman". It gave me the confidence I needed to undertake wiring and basic electricity projects. This video is excellent and cuts right to the project with helpful suggestions. Lighting has changed and we need to update some of our lighting and convert to this style of fixture. Thank you.
As a mom of 4 I managed to switch out my 4 hanging scones to these within a hr because of this video! Thank you!
It would be good to see you go over the nuances of stringing lights together from a single switch.
yeah he barely explains it at 29:14 but it looks like the junction box connectors have 3 slots 1. to go to the light (pre connected), 2. to go to the power source (what you see him connecting), and 3. to pass on to another light (what he'd connect on the middle and first light). That's my guess.. haven't actually seen one yet.
@@johncollins5952You are absolutely correct. The connectors (Wago style) can even be switched out for 4's, but I wouldn't do it. J-boxes are rated for a specific number of wires and, if you go over that number, you're going against code and creating a hazard, thus the reason for the existence of the limit code. Heat's a bitch and it can ruin your day in a very short time.
Thank you; now I got it.
Ripped down a heated ceiling in my kitchen. Just, and I mean literally a few days before the drywallers arrived I decided on these lights and installed the pans and 14-2 wiring. Then I realized I bought 4" lights. Took them back for 6" lights. THE BEST decision ever.
At first didn't know anything about the existence of Pot Lights, just those big bulking recessed fixtures that my brother-in-law helped me out a few years back for my kitchen lighting upgrade. After shuffling around for some videos to get some ideas to upgrade the interior of my garage for lighting, painting and other project ideas for the near future I am so glad that we came across yours. With not too many hardcore electrical installs but more experience on low voltage wiring this gives me the big confidence and all the tools you provide to get this done. Thanks for the links, now time to do some AMAZON shopping. Look forward to viewing some more of your hands on video tutorials.
Your videos are the best !!!! No BS .. just this is how you get the job done !! thanks to your videos.. I'm able to save 1000's on building sheds and offices etc.. in the backyard using the lean-to roof that you showed how to build !!! and now I can wire it all up!!!
Glad to help. Cheers to being independent!
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY I’m still missing a step here. At 21:50 you said pull down the wire no longer than the other. But I’ve ware her and rewatched the video and don’t know how you connected the new wire to the new lights you installed. Any information on what to do there?
In the US, at least in Minnesota and Wisconsin, homeowners are allowed to do the electrical for their own homesteaded property. Saves a TON of money. As you said, it's just not that hard...especially with great tutorial videos like this. Thank you!
Jeff, this is probably one of the most “real” down to earth “how to” videos I’ve ever watched. So in depth, yet easy to understand and follow. I can’t wait to do my home now! Liked and subscribed! 🙏🏻
Jeff, I really enjoy your work! You explain things in plain language that is precise and easy to understand - in this vid you explained 3 way wiring and i understood (after 20 odd years of noodling around doing simple renovations and being intimidated by electrical wiring) - good job!
Glad to see your channel is doing awesome. I remodeled two rooms and a hall on my second floor recently. I'm still useless with a trowel. But, it;s done. :) I wanted to mention that on some of the lights I purchased that featured selectable color ranges, say 3000K 4500K 6000K, they used only two colors of LED chips inside. This is well and good, except on the yellower light, 3000K, only half of the LED's in the unit operate. Same for the blue light range of 6000K. Thats only half the output! Yet one more consideration which likely wont be stated on the marketing junk on the box or Amazon description! The middle temperature setting 4500K it powered all the LED's and actually put out the specified light. I'm sure some are better than others and some may use RGB LED chips, instead of alternating or combining two chips. This makes me much more cautious moving forward when shopping for lights. Inside the house I much prefer the lower Kelvin range. Just need to be mindful that if you do, make sure it's still putting out the lumens you think it will, if it's selectable. Luckily mine were just in closets. Otherwise, yeah, LED's are awesome and much welcome advance! Great video, Jeff!!
Hi Jeff, I was watching your video on my TV (firestick), and felt that I had to make some positive comments. I am not planning or doing any renovations at this time. So, I am sitting at home with grandma and watching your presentations, They are great!
In the above episode, you mentioned that the power required for lumen intensity equivalent to a 100W incandescent is 15Watts.,
Watts = E x I, or 15=120 x I. or roughly 0.8 amperes per LED. a very -low current suggests that 20x2 wire would more than do the job. (20x2) can handle 5 amperes current. Even telephone cable would suffice for up to 6 bulbs daisy-chained.
If in the future I decide to add LED lighting to a room, I would be following it using your method and doing it to the main floor of a duplex. As a reminder for your readers, a Duplex has a second story apartment above the main one,
I am wondering about the 1960 style homes, where living rooms had zero ceiling lights, and zero light switches. I am thinking, sometime in the future, of the need to draw power (16x3) cable for dimmer switches (most dimmers need and use that green ground) from the distribution panel, but because... my old house did not get wired with 14x3 for recepticles.
I found your videos most informative. I am in Montreal, some 2 hours away from Ottawa, and look forward one day to getting together for a lunch (on me)
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My guy, you are good sh!t. When I first saw your videos, I found you a tad cocky… I don’t really know why. But actually now I find you very genuine. Like you actually have given me confidence to try some of this stuff. Because you given me the reassurance that it’s okay to make mistakes. I am no handyman. Not at all. So thanks for your videos, sir.
You made this look incredibly easy. Fact is though, In most situations, you have to drill thru several 2 x 10's many of which are blind (you can't see where you are drilling). That's where it becomes problematic to try to fish that 14/2 cable through many of these 3/4 or 1 inch drill bit hole to complete an in-series connection. It can be done, but it's probably not for the average DIY' job. They ARE a great addition to a room or *all* rooms in the house eventually. Process is just much slower.
Man, I love how real & authentic your videos are!
Thank you very much for this video. The time has come to retrofit my basement lighting and you have given me all of the confidence that I need to get started. I would also like to compliment your camera person - everything was so clear and well lit.
A friend and I were just talking about adding lights to his basement and I suggested the LED pot lights. What a timely instructional video for us.
No matter what topic you're teaching, your videos are great. Your personality really shines. Also nice touch with video quality above 1080p. Bravo!
Love these. I installed 4 in my kitchen. I will be needing to run a 10 awg line for an electric oven. Two story house, and it looked like the only way was to run a conduit to the attic, and drill down. I dropped the lights, and charted a new path without all the crap of going through the attic or needing a conduit.
This is an incredible video. The only piece I’m confused on is installing the middle (the second light). I see the 14/2 goes from the first light to the third light, but what about the second light and how do these connect?
this is really good, especially the discussion about number of lights related to angle of throw.
I do take exception with the 14/2 vs. 14/3 discussion. You won't need 14/3 between lights unless you want to turn some of them on and off independently of others. If your existing light has 2 14/3 coming to it, hot and neutral will be connected to the light and those are the two you need in 14/2 to all the rest of the lights. The other hots in the 14/3 will be connected together and they can stay connected together in the new install.
I love your videos. I like how you explain little detail things, like how to use wire strippers and how not damage drywall.. Reminds me of how my dad would explain things. I lost my dad last year, and watching this video made me think of those times. Thanks
I’m over here watching this video already having recessed lighting knowing full well I’m not going to do this. You make everything look easy.
Thank you for the video. This is super helpful. So I understand the one pot light connected to the original center light. How do you connect the next pot light to the existing wires so that all of them are connected to the main wire that went to the center of the room? Thank you.
Shocked he didn’t show that
Basically u use both pops outs on box’ 1 end like he did and other end is the wire going to the next light’ so u will have the 3 wires on your box
3 wires from one romex cable
And 3 wires from 2nd romex cable connect all 3 white to white
Green to green
Black to black
And continue doing that down the line
Your last light will only have 1 romex into it as u don’t have another light in the chain’
Hope that helps u some’
Holy Zit! That has happened to me many times buddy! Geeze!!! You hit a beam trying to cut the hole for the light. Just look at your facial expression! Hahahahaha! I've done the same! LMBO!!! Luv your shows! I watch endless hours of it when I can't sleep. Boom! You're the best!!! Rock on buddy!
This is the third or fourth of your videos I've stumbled across, and I just wanted to finally pop in a comment to say I sincerely appreciate you. Excellent, useful content. Subscribed. Cheers to you and yours.
I'm putting these everywhere in our house. I love them, they're plenty bright and you can put tons of them on a circuit.
"This is my church" 100% liked. Church and Light do go together :)
Amen to that brother 🙏
Did this last week! The box was fiberglass new work. I ripped it out piece by piece to be able to use a 4 inch cans.
Safety glasses are a must here…prevent debris going into your eyes. This is a great lesson, thank you so much👍
Lol I’m installed these in my house this weekend. Very funny you would post this video today.
Love it. Cheers
I am learning so much from you! So far you helped me fix a leak in my pex pipe, and fix the hole I had to create in my drywall so I could access it. Oh thank you so much! 😘 I'm repainting next and I was not aware to sand the wall first. I bought what I need...brushes and all.
You are the GREATEST my friend!🏋
I agree with you Debbie! LOVE LOVE LOVE these JEFF VIDEOS! I could watch them night and day if I had the time… even though I am not doing the work myself. I am a widow of nearly 10 years now. My late husband was the “Jeff of all Trades” and completely gutted and renovated a 1906 house adding a 3 story addition on. He was amazing, but sadly I experienced a house fire last June that started by a bird brining a lit cigarette to a nest in the corner eve of my house. I am now having to work with contractors to get everything rebuilt. Many are very nice people but several have done things that cost me more money and not to my satisfaction.
Anyway… Jeff’s videos are as fun to watch as they are interesting and helpful for me to understand and ask questions of the contractors.
I am glad I watched this specific video as I learned something about the angle of the lighting that I didn’t previously know. Thanks, Jeff!
And, I would add is that though Jeff is recommending the 6” Pot lights, I watched another TH-cam video by a lighting designer specialist who was strongly advocating for smaller lights … he recommended 2” ones. Unfortunately that won’t work for me as my contractor actually added electrical connections for pendant lights that need to be moved as they are going to interfere with the range hood. Not his fault. The cabinet maker told him where to hang them. Regardless the hole is too big for 2” lights so I have purchased 4” ones instead. We will see if they can work or if I have to go to 6” ones.
Also I am trying to do a smart home implementation. I am all about “hands free” stuff. I purchased Alexa controlled lights. I will be the one to configure the technology, but the contractor will do the electrical and construction piece.
Jeff, you are awesome. I really like how you explain, demonstrate and teach fundamentals... I am learning a lot from your videos. You would be a great teacher
Jeff said "read the box"...its not cereal..it actually has a ton of information on there..😂 and thats why Home Renovision is my go to..The info is top notch and his humor is open mic ready.
Your description was very detailed all the way through hooking up the first light. I'm trying to figure out how you daisy chain the wire to the other three lights so all four turn on with the wall switch.
POTENTIAL FIRE WARNING - Jeff absolutely LOVE your videos! and have learned a ton! Hopefully I can offer a lesson to share with you. Once thing that was missed in your video is the installation instructions for these lights. For a lot of these LED lights, there is supposed to be a 3-4" clearance above the LED light itself. I was watching an electrical video from another channel ( Electrical Code Coach) who teaches residential code and his comment that he had reports from his friend of one of these catching fire. If there a joist or other material up there that could ignite be aware and change the location of your box. Personally I do know that the backs of the LED lights can get VERY hot if the driver fails.
Great video. This gives me the confidence to change the lighting in a room that is similar in size. Always love your videos . Thank You.
Thanks for the heads up about the angle of the ceiling lights. I had no idea! You prevented a potential mistake on my part. Thanks again!
I'm so fired up to do this now. I'm a woodworker but always been skeptical about messing with electrical. This looks like a poc!
I wish this video had been available about a month ago when I started adding these lights in my living room. Awesome content! Really helpful for new homeowners like myself
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This is an awesome video! I had to make about 12 holes in my ceiling when I did this because there was no strapping and had a bunch of studs to go through
I followed your instructions on a different how to video for a lighting package and did this to my dining room and it looks great! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Glad it helped! Cheers Joe!
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY is it possible with new construction to already have these wired up and ready after the drywall is installed?
This is an amazing - detailed and professional - video. I have a similar-sized room in my home and installed six WF6 LED 30K MW M6 13W Ultra Thin 6" Dimmable LED Recessed Ceiling Light, 3000K, White (on a dimmer and purchased on Amazon) daisy-chained four feet apart and 2 feet from the walls. I hired an electrician who charged me $500 for the complete installation. It turned out great. The only thing I would caution is to make sure they are on a dimmer or they are incredibly bright - as in your eyes will hurt bright. Also, an easier way to cut the drywall is to put a 6-inch hole saw on your drill and it's incredibly fast. You'll want to cut the drywall a bit smaller to ensure a snug fit. These recessed lights are much better looking than the canister lights that builders used in the past - they look more modern and flush with the ceiling drywall.
Your videos are incredibly valuable. They give your community the confidence needed to do a good and professional DIY job. Thanks for this!
Hi Jeff, What did you do with the original wires that was hanging out before you added the Romex wires
plug those into the black, white and bare ground wire as well with the new romex,
If anybody needs a good little hack. Instead of sticking your hand in there to feel around. You can always stick your phone in and take a picture. make sure you got the flash on.
I have used my iPhone in video mode with light on and used my Apple Watch as the screen to see live video of the phone I’m holding in or have sat in the roof.
Great tip
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@Aron Bezzina I've done the same alot or live feed to a near TV if I can see one where I am or if I have someone with me
I mirror screen to second phone on Android.
Man I thought this project would be hard and expensive. Thanks for the good news!
Two quick questions with these style LED fixtures - 1) will there be any code or fire issues if the hardwire box just sits in the ceiling as opposed to screwed against a joist and 2) are these fixtures compatible with wet/damp areas such as in a standing shower stall? Thanks, great video and timely!
The box will tell you if it can be used in a wet area, it will have water drops shown in the outside.
Please make a video to show how did you connect old tube light power source to one light and then to last light that you completed. Missed the in between link from old light to second light and then to last light. That will be very helpful.
Can we get a community answer here?
Yes, connect the hot to the hot, neutral to neutral, ground to ground. Torque down on that wire nut and twist it until the sheathed area looks like a pretzel
I was wondering the same thing…. Can somebody please explain this in a dumb down version for me please
Tip that I just figured out today: if you want to experiment with the placement of your lights but don't want to cut random holes in your drywall ceiling (this is me), here's what you can do: cut a 1 in by 1 in by 1 in piece of wood and put two-sided tape on opposite sides. Stick one of the sides to the spot on the ceiling where you want to try out a light. Then stick the backside of these LED wafer lights to the underside of the block.
You can mount these wherever you want to determine how many and where the lights should be before committing to actually cutting the ceiling!
Small Helium balloon works too.
Easier to cut out cardboard circles the size of your lights and tape on backside..the you can visualize better light placement
@@tonycopelyn8730 that is easier but does not show how the light coverage works in the room
This guy's awesome, it's the dry humor of ryne Reynolds but the craftiness of Bob Vila! 😂
Well I’ll be darn! I’ve been fishing wires for 30 years! Never did it occur to me to just loop the wire into the fish loop! Great great great!!!
Great tutorial on how to cut the holes and fish and connect the box, but I was waiting to see how you wire the first and second light. You would have to connect two wires to a box for each lights? So two whites and two blacks to a box for each lights?
exactly. Cheers!
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY ok, Thank You!
I really liked this video, first one I have seen and while I have done a lot of electrical, I am not one to start cutting holes and stuff and alwasy wanting to make sure I meet code since I am not licenced.
I saw two things, first the 14/2 being the most common, that might stil lbe the case but smart lights are more and more common now even as pot lights, and those are going to need the neutral wire. That is the situation for the project I am about to take.
The second thing and its one of the two reasons I watched the video was to see how you were going to handle the "middle point" where a light is going to have both incoming and outgoing wires.
This was not show you only showed the end of the chain. So I was curious if you were going to share a grommet for two wires, install a 2nd one, what wire splices you were going to use, etc.
The last part of my project specific to me and I didnt expect to see here is I am not replacing a single light in the room, I am replacing a fan/light combo but keeping the fan/light.
So I will have a different mounting situation to contend with, or may want to run a whole new switch to isolate the new lights from the fan's light.
What an enjoyable evening watching this video! Perfect timing as I have a small hallway with a can light right outside of a pantry. Input an eyeball cover on it to direct light into the pantry but it is not good enough. I had just been contemplating whether I should move the light or add another. I am going to do this! You give such thorough information that I have no doubt at all that this 60-year old woman can do this! Thank you for the wonderful tutorials!
Jeff, you're my favorite Canadian! Thanks, Buddy!
That was a fantastic video! I have been wanting to add LED lights to my 80s home for the last 30 years. Now I know how to do it. Thank you.
Jeff, I notice when you remove the fixture you didn't show how to wire the house wire to the pot light and continue to your next pot light. Are their extry wire in the light to connect to the next light. Please explain.
Hi Jeff, you're videos are awesome! I know others have already expressed it but I really want to add my thanks and appreciation to you (and your team) for taking the time to answer the 'Whys' as well as the 'Hows'. Things need fixing, and speaking from my own experience, paying a professional isn't always an option (plus I like DIY anyway 😉). Anyway, your generosity with your knowledge and experience has really helped me to feel empowered and encouraged to take on some upcoming projects. THANKS!!!
P.S. - I can't help wondering, since the circle/template from the light packaging is 5.75", what's the distance between the edges of the cut-outs for the clips? Would it take you to 6.125" ?
Lots of great information here but that pencil on the end of the tape trick....Muah!
You have the most useful videos on the internet. Thanks Jeff, long time fan. Is it just me or did you skip over how to wire in sequence multiple lights? Video needed 5 more minutes of content. still loved it but I have everything I need to do this from 2 years ago that I ahvent got around to.
Amazing video, love watching his videos, I feel stuck on how to wire every light, we’re you able to do it?
I sort lost him as well. I think there is some details missing, but still love his work
Agreed we also were wondering the same about connecting multiple lights
@@rachaelcoats It's pretty simple once you are able to hurdle the wire over the ceiling. I had a center kitchen light to begin with, from the kitchen light you need to measure wire 14-2 to be attached to the first LED light, then you run another wire from the first light installed to the next, and next, and next. I only placed 4 in my kitchen, and the box brings 6. The hardest part is the ceiling, because since I have blown insulation, once you try pulling the wire down the insulation spills out. Good Luck, great video by the way.
Excellent video! I have a room in a 2004 built house that has a single switch to turn on a plug without overhead lighting. You made it look so easy that I think I can add 4 to 6 cans to light it up!
Loved the way you explained things! But, I would also like to know how to do the wiring with multiple lights. How do they all get connected together to the same switch?
just string them in a sequence. white to white and black to black. Cheers!
I've wanted to do pot lights for a while. The LED ones are so great! Unfortunately where I live there are no homeowner electrical or plumbing permits. Have to call in a pro. But now I'm considering cutting all of the holes and doing all the prep work so the electrician just has to put white to white and black to black.
Haven't tuned in for a while. Amazing growth for your channel. You guys kill it every time. Thanks Jeff!
I have a house built in the 90s where the living room and bedrooms don’t have light fixtures but have outlets connected to a switch. Can you do a video showing how to rig up pot lights in those kinds of rooms?
Thank you so much for this video! I’m forever grateful for your content and absolutely love your channel.
Are you electrical savvy??
I’m savvy enough where this task seemed like a piece of cake and I’ve swapped out light fixtures. But that’s the extent.
@@Rex-ed9dgthen I'm sure you could do what you asked relatively easily without a guide. Worst part would be fishing wire through the ceiling and wall to the switch.
Thank you for all your awesome videos. On this one, I was hoping to see how you connect the 2nd and 3rd light together. Do all the lights connect to each other, or all of them individually connect to the main wire coming from the switch?
Thanks for all these amazing videos that are enabling me to be a better homeowner! One question with this specific video as this is my next project. How to you connect the lights to each other and then connect it to the light switch? I have a light switch already hooked to an outlet but I want to install these lights. Thanks!!
Daisy chain all the pot lights together (a giant U shape). One of your ends will connect into the light switch, where your power will also be. Connect it all up, don't forget to ground. Just a rough guess; I'm no wire guy.
silver lining of the pandemic---one gets to learn from your channels to prep for the upcoming projects💯🇨🇦 This topic was quite relevant. I participated in your latest live stream, for non members, and learned you will be selling your church. I guess as these video's get closer to representing what condition the church is in in real time we will see all the upgrades and repairs you did in preparation for the selling of it. Quite a bold move to change directions after such anticipation of just how amazing the church was going to become! As I said in the stream, I have postponed the ICF extension until 2023 or beyond until we see if stagflation or recession or nuclear war😳 or??? will be around. In the meantime, investment portfolio continues to generate more savings, and so one gets paid while I wait. Here on Prince Edward Island chain supply issues do not help in the enthusiasm department of wanting to do an expensive build. Lots of DIY projects to finish up in the house to keep having fun and learning from your channel. Stay safe and look forward to hearing where things stand with you folks aka what direction you will be taking "us." Cheers to the editor of your vids as well...great team work!💯🇨🇦
Thank you Jeff for doing all these videos, I have learned the most from your videos out of all the rennovation videos!, I was able to complete my entire condo from all the videos you had completed, especially the tile, doing it the first time was so tough, but once after watching your video, totally knew what to do and it was just experience from there, I went really really slow and accurate, for the 1st time doing all these renos. Very inspiring and its so cool to watch you do these jobs!!! amazing work Jeff!
Question is; what if we wanted to install pot lights in the condominium (constructed 2005 - 4 story 25 unit wood structure) kitchen where there is another floor above and there is not attic separation? or would a ceiling box needed to be made? The unit has gypcrete flooring and have no idea what is above my condo ceiling let alone the spacing in there.
Thanks!
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Can you do a small update on how to wire up a 14/3 wire? We have red,white,black to our light fixture
Great video, will help me tremendously with my DIY project. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Lakeview, NC
These are not pot lights technically, Jeff, they are wafer lights. You were very lucky to have strapping on the 2 X 10's, it makes for a much quicker installation. Great video for homeowners. In the US, Most States allow Homeowners to do their own wiring, you still need to get a permit for most things and then have it inspected if you want your Homeowners insurance to cover it. I don't know about Canada Thanks for sharing, Russ, 28 years in the Electrical Trade.
Great video, question, do you have any videos on 3 way wiring for Pot lights ? 😅
Your videos are awesome. First time I have seen them and I can't stop watching. I'm learning a lot and getting a refresher course on other things. Thank You.
LED lights are amazing. The fact that they are like 15w a piece is a game changer, you can pretty much just put up as many lights as you want these days lol. You could put up like 20 of them on a 120v circuit and only draw like less than 3 amps
Totally agree!
So essentially I can link several of these to the same light source I'm replacing (1 canned light) without fear of overloading that circuit ??
@@OGCJ10 Yes
Love this, but can you do a video on how to run this from when the switch turns on/off the outlet instead of having a light in the ceiling center of the room?
Am so grateful I found this channel
Happy to be of help. Cheers!
Thanks you Sir..🙏🏾
What would be the steps if you’re using an outlet that’s on a switch instead of an existing fixture? Love the video, was planning to install some in my kitchen and living room. This just got me more pumped to do it
Run a new wire from switch to closest pot light. Abandon the outlet wire. Would require a few extra holes near the switch and ceiling to fish the new wire
Purchased from the link which saved me research time. Thanks, Buddy. Great vids; always appreciate the insights.
Awesome,,,learned this new tech today - I think I would be able to do this myself to replace all of my recessed LED lightbulbs soon ,,,BY MYSELF!! (vs contractor charges $150 per recessed light replacement part included!)
A great video! I have been wanting to install spot lights on my house ceiling. But my some confusion was that existing ceiling light fixture can be used as power source for spot lights.
Just replaced a fluorescent lamp for another ceiling lamp thanks to this video☺️
Perfect video for what I need to do in my basement.
Cool video. "...for now we're done with these" (acts like he's gonna toss the florescent light tubes)......lol. Had me going for a sec.....lol. Thanks for the video as your stuff is always a learning experience as well as somewhat entertaining. 👍😎
I know I'm a year old, but we just did this project replacing lights in a new finished basement. Templates are nice, but if you're lucky enough to have kids or younger siblings still in school.. just go a head and steal their compass they're using for math class LOL. Was just so much easier for me especially since I am so nit picky about being perfectly lined up. Threw my chalk lines down and just used the protractor to have my holes perfectly centered as best as I could along the whole ceiling. Just make sure the compass is large enough for the product you're using. Although u can get away with one a bit smaller.
Jeff, this video is almost perfect for what I want to do. Problem is, I would need to install 8 lights to replace a ceiling fan that's on a 3-way switch. You breezed over the 3-way switch thing pretty quick and I don't know what I'm doing. Any videos or other resources you can recommend that cover that? I found one video that was super confusing. I like the way you mostly go pretty slow and explain everything (except my 3-way light situation, anyway). Thanks!
another awesome video jeff! im about to build my own house and have been doing a lot of research on how to make your house insanely air tight. id love to see a video from you on everything to make your new house crazy air tight.
Just a precaution on making your house too airtight. If you are in an area where Radon is a problem, make sure your ventilation is designed properly and you get the necessary/required airchanges per hour (even if you don't have Radon problems, this is important).
These lights have become popular enough that nearly every tool brand has a hole saw made for 4” or 6” recessed can lights and they are not that expensive. They make quick work cutting and using a shop vacuum hose keeps dust to a minimum.