The left out the electrical tools you need; they didn't even include the wire cutters or strippers, let alone the fact that lineman are ideal for twisting the wires together.
Have hung many light fixtures the only way to secure when connecting the mains is to use the earth wire to hold in place ok for light fixtures but today my lovely wife had me hang a 20lb fixture the earth same gauge as the 1lb 2 wraps right and tight scary wreck the fixture due to dropping or get a conk in the head none happened. 2 step ladders and a friend for the heavy ones a good idea.
The ground wire is NOT for holding the lamp while you are connecting the wires. It's too weak to hold the weight of the Lamp.. in this case it just got lucky... LOL.. This is the worst..
I want to change out the light fixture in my bathroom and put in a motion light fixture. Your instructions were so simple to follow. Thank you! I’m 83 yo so you CAN teach old dogs 😂
But when do you take the burlap off? I took mine off in March when the snow had mostly melted, and it seemed like we wouldn't have any more snow. (we had one more). Tree was green at first, and now it's dessicated 4 weeks later. : (
I got the WORST instructions from an Amazon light fixture and this was so simple and straight to the point I cannot thank you enough. My fixture set-up is pretty much identical to this, so this was a lifesaver. I am two years into owning my first home and trying to learn as much as I can to save money while still being safe. I really appreciate videos like this that help and teach at the same time.
I know this was made 8 years ago but, as your local Frenchman trying to install a light fixture: I don't know what "marette" means. It might originally be a mishear of "barrette", which is French for clip. Thank you for the tutorial :)
I was a bare copper wire sticking out of the box along with the black and white but I did not see what you did with it. Was it pushed back on like that or was it attached to anything? I'm not asking about the stranded copper, I already saw that was attached to the mounting plate.
The ground wire coming out of the ceiling suddenly disappeared right before the black and white wires were connected. I really dislike it when a step or two is skipped!
The attaching of the ground wire on the fixture to the ceiling bracket is a terrible idea! Mine detached from the fixture and fell to its death and it's non replaceable :( the video makes it look easy, it's not nearly so easy especially when the wires coming out of ceiling are short and "double" so not so flexible and easy to work with. Easier to hire someone and not worth the effort unless u have two people. If the light is relatively heavy , the hard part is the holding the light and then doing what u need to do. I tried this without attaching the copper wire of fixture to ceiling. It was impossible and of course the copper wire didn't hold , I guess a manufacturer issue with light , beautiful fixture I ruined :(
Hi there, I just bought a beautiful antique Ceiling Lamp for the closet. It came from a 30 year old house where it was installed. Both wires are covered in a cord like material. The cords are both white, but one has a ring ribbon printed on it. The gentleman said it doesn't matter which wires are hooked up to the black and white wires on the ceiling. Is this true for antique lights, or should I treat the Red Ribbon side as the hot? BIG THANKS!
