Thank you so much! I replaced my outdoor light fixtures for the 1st time. I was tired of waiting for my sons and did it myself! I feel so accomplished!
Very simple clear instructions. I am a new homeowner female, I did it in 30 minutes 😊 Only thing missing was to turn off the house power. Thanks so much
Have you know. Recently purchased a house and we want to spice up the curb appeal. Bought new lights and almost called someone to install them. Decide to hop on RU-vid and found your video. Thanks to you I save myself some money lol. Appreciate you
That was smoother than flowing water. Thank you. This is actually on my honey-do-list. Going outside to change the lamps now. However, im turning off ALL the breakers as my breakers are partially labeled. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much. I am going to attempt this in our 25 plus years old house next week. I am very handy and changed outlets and switches inside the house myself but have not done driveway lights. Thanks for the great video !!
Awesome job a little reminder to those who opened the old light and was full of yellow jackets..dont jump off your porch screaming. Other than that tip Awesome vid
Always use a little handheld tester to make sure your power is off. It looks like a pen or a marker. You hold it to the wires and press a button and if the wires are still hot it will beep nice and loud.
It is only used to check if the circuit is energized but not to check if the circuit is dead. For 100% safe isolation, you have to use a voltage indicator with a proving unit to ensure the potential difference across hot, neutral and ground are 0V. This why you almost never see a professional electrician carry a handheld tester.
Just a note, Black wire is Hot not positive. Also you should twist your wires as the other ones before to put the twist one connector so they all stay together inside the box
Besides what others have said about using a non contact voltage tester, you should have connected the ground to the bracket. It was wrong in the old set up and now it'll be wrong for years to come.
You really NEED to check the wires are actually DEAD before going in and touching them even after popping the circuitbreaker. The number of electrocutions that occur because the wrong breaker was switched off or some wiring error that backfeeds Line (or Active or Phase) ... NEVER called POSITIVE (used to describe DC voltage) to the connection you are working on. This video kind of took a shortcut on safety! Another good practice is to put a temporary note tag on the breaker you have switched off so someone else doesn’t come by and reset it for whatever reason not knowing you’re working on mains electrics!
0:34 the video says the ensure the power is off. If you need a RU-vid video to explain that to you, then you shouldn't be working with electricity in the first place. Hire someone.. LOL
@@NE_OutdoorClub still a good idea to measure or even use a chicken stick for any potential on the conductors you're going to handle even though you pulled the fuse, or popped the breaker at the fuse box and locked them out with a tag warning you are on the other end! Just good safe practice to get into really....
Seen some negative comments. Thanks for the videos. Everyone that wants to know has got to learn somehow. I have learned so much about cars through RU-vid. And for you RU-vid haters! Why you even watching? Go do you and mind your own business.
It's always good to mention turn off the power at the breaker box before physically touching any wires in your home, they could be hot. Have a great day.
My question is why are there 2 black wires and 2 white wires pre wired. Instead of just one black and one wire. Is the second pair of black/white wires in parallel connection to another fixture ?
None of my exterior light fixtures currently have junction boxes, there’s just a wire sticking out of the side of the house underneath. Was that pretty common in the 70s?
You certainly can, and should, if it’s in an area that is exposed to the weather. I didn’t on this one because it’s on the porch and is well protected.
Yeah mine is not going smoothly. It is with the screws that the caps screw onto. The screw is too long and caps do not rest against the light, so it leans out
So i have new sconces with that same bracket as opposed to the cross bracket that has the 2 set screws in the middle to set your level. I used this bracket you have here and the entire sconce just wanted to swivel and sway in the wind. How do you keep it level??
Do yourself a big favor and buy the wago connectors to connect the wires. Sooo… much easier and secure a connection than using nuts + stranded wire + copper wire.
Great video, other than encouraging laziness by using the smart bulb/switch. Seriously, how hard is it to walk over to the switch and turn it on or off?
I have the exact white lamplight in your thumbnail, I would like to paint it black instead of changing it what kind of paint it right for that kind of material?
So question... I have a red & black connected, & 2 whites connected on the current light. The new light has a black, white & green/yellow & tells me which is which as far as neutral, ground, live so is there some other way to hook up the wires? Should I just call an electrician?
For whatever reason any dusk to dawn bulb in my outdoor fixture flickers. Normal bulbs do not flicker…. Not sure if it’s time for different bulbs or just replace an aging fixture
