Be sure the electrical box can support the weight of your ceiling mounted lamp
Ceiling mount light fixtures present few installation problems, and everything you need is usually supplied with the fixture. It is important to check the weight of the fixture, however, to be sure that the electrical box in the ceiling can support it. The box has to be attached to a ceiling rafter if the lamp weighs five pounds or more, and lamps weighing over 50 pounds require special supports.
Instructions
1. Turn off the power to the fixture before you begin.
2. Attach the adaptor plate that came with the fixture to the electrical box using the screws provided.
3. Remove 6 inches of sheathing from the house wire, cutting around the circumference with a utility knife and being careful not to cut into the plastic casings of the enclosed wires. Pull the sheathing off with pliers.
4. Remove 1/2-inch of plastic casing from the black and white wires with the splicing tool.
5. Hold the white wire from the house wiring together with the white wire from the fixture so that the ends are parallel and twist them together clockwise. Screw on one of the wire connectors that came with the fixture. Repeat with the black wires. Twist the ground wires together and attach them to the electrical box, if it is metal.
6. Push the wires into the electrical box and hold the fixture in place so that the holes on the fixture line up with those on the adaptor plate. Affix the fixture using the screws provided.
7. Turn on the power and test the light.
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