Recessed lighting cans have the clips attached, so installation is simple.
Can lighting can provide attractive, even lighting in any room. Can lights, otherwise known as recessed lighting, are installed with most of the fixture above ceiling level so that only a small rim appears in the room below. Home theaters, kitchens, dens, bedrooms and bathrooms can all benefit from the nearly invisible can lighting, especially if the room is small or the ceiling is low. Installing them is a matter of clipping them into place once the wiring is done.
Instructions
1. Finish wiring the can light to the main circuit of the building. You will now be standing, probably on a ladder, at the hole where the wires are coming out of the ceiling. The can light will be connected by its own wires to the house wires
2. Push the clips on the can the interior of the can. Push the wiring up through the hole in the ceiling. Push the can light up into the hole as well. The rim of the can light should seat flat against the ceiling.
3. Pinch one of the can lighting clips and pull it toward the center. Some styles of can light clips must be unlocked from the can in this way, others do not. Push the clip through the small hole in the side of the can until it locks in place. Some can light clips require a flat-head screwdriver to push them through. The end of the clip you pushed through will now be resting on the upper surface of the ceiling, supporting the can. Repeat for each clip.
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