DIY Recessed Lighting
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- 0:41–0:51 Connect Electrical Wires
From How to Install Recessed Step Lights in a Stairwell Wall, Step 4: Connect Fixtures to Power
Now, it's time to connect the electrical wires. Most modern recessed light housings come with push-to-connect wire connectors, making the process straightforward. Feed the house's electrical wires (typically black for hot, white for neutral, and bare copper or green for ground) through the plastic cable clamp into the recessed light's junction box. Use wire strippers to strip about 1/2 inch of insulation from the ends of each wire. Connect the corresponding wires: black to black, white to white, and the ground wire to the green or bare copper ground wire from the fixture. Simply push the stripped ends into the appropriate slots on the connectors until they are secure.
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0:02 Our clients have a gargantuan light in this already small space, making it feel even smaller. Remove that monstrosity and then find where the joist is so you can mark a new hole away from it. And this specific one is a remodel recess light housing. You can have new construction or you can have remodel. New construction, you have to have the framing open so you can nail it to the framing. This one is put up into the existing drywall and then these claws come out and grab the drywall. They come with a template so you can mark your hole perfectly. You take out one of these, which is called a knockout. Then you guys put one of these in, which will keep the wire from getting cut on this sharp metal and hold it in place. Most recess housing nowadays comes with push-to-connect connectors on the end of each wire, so
0:47 all you have to do is prep your wire from the house and then it just gets pushed right in here. Push it up in there and make sure those claws are actually set. Almost lost my cool, but it's finished.
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