Install a new light fixture in your bathroom.
Bathroom light fixtures add beauty and style to this otherwise underappreciated area of your home. People spend a lot of time in their bathroom, especially in the morning to get ready for the day. Updating bathroom lighting options can change the color of the light in the room, making it more appealing for people interested in setting the mood for the day and for seeing what they really look like in the light. When you decide it's time to change bathroom light fixtures, you can wire up a new fixture in one afternoon.
Instructions
1. Turn off power to the bathroom at your circuit breaker. Any time you work with electrical wiring, it's safest to work with no voltage running through the lines.
2. Remove your existing light fixture. Unscrew it from the wall and disconnect the wiring.
3. Strip ½ inch of the wire shielding off each wire, then connect the bathroom light wiring from your new light fixture to the wiring in your electrical box. Pair the green or copper wires together, the white wires together and the black or red wires together. Insert both wires of the same color into a wire nut, then twist the nut to make the connection between the two wires.
4. Tuck the connected wires into the electrical box so they're out of the way when you install your bathroom light fixtures.
5. Hold the bathroom lighting fixture in place over the electrical box and insert screws through the base of the light fixture and into the electrical box. Repeat for the other side of the light fixture to secure the light to the wall or the ceiling.
6. Place a lint-free cloth on top of your light bulb, then insert the bulb into the socket on your bathroom light fixtures. Rotate the bulb to the right until it doesn't rotate any farther to install the light bulb in the bathroom light fixture.
7. Secure the shade to the light fixture to finalize assembly of your new bathroom light fixtures. Look for small screws at the top of the light fixture and loosen those screws. Slide your glass shade or globe into position in the lip where the small screws are, then use your fingers to tighten the small screws. Those small, tightened screws hold the shade in place.
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