Flush mount lights connect to a brace in the ceiling. The brace holds the light flush with the ceiling instead of the light hanging down. To completely light some areas of the house, one flush mount light is simply not enough. Wiring two flush mount lights together so that they work on a single switch will provide more light to the room without having to add extra wiring, which can be time consuming and expensive.
Instructions
1. Turn off the electricity to the room from the breaker box in your home. The breaker box usually has switches for each part of the home. Generally, the breaker box will have a list of each switch's room or area designation in the house.
2. Remove the mounting screw from the center of the flush mount light and lower the light from the ceiling to expose the wiring.
3. Remove the cover from your light switch.
4. Feed a 14-2 or 12-2 Romex cable from the power source to your . 14-2 is used for 15 amp circuits and 12-2 is used for 20 amp circuits.
5. Feed a second Romex wire through the wall from the light switch to your first light. Feed a third wire from the first light to the second light.
6. Strip a 1/4 inch from the end of the black wire from the Romex cable at the light switch. Loosen the brass screw on the side of the switch. Make a hook out of the black wire and wrap it around the brass screw. Tighten down the screw to connect it. Connect the black wire coming from the light to the silver screw on the switch.
7. Connect the white wire coming from your power source to the white wire from the first light together by twisting a wire nut around the exposed ends. Twist a wire nut around the two bare wires.
8. Twist a wire connector to the two black wires from the Romex cables running between the two lights with the black wire of the first light twisted with it.
9. Twist a wire connector around the two white wires of the Romex cable and running between the light and the white cable of the first light.
10. Connect the white and black wires of the Romex cable and the second light together with a wire connector.
11. Turn on the electricity and test.
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