Do You Want to Install Flush Mounted Ceiling Lights?

With the installation of any new light fixture, you can instantly change any drab room into a dazzling one. Various lighting showrooms and different catalogs have got wide varieties of fixtures that can tempt you. Various parts that are included in few fixture sets may look quite complicated however their electrical connections are usually quite simple.

However, if these fixtures are installed by using poor techniques, then it can result into certain dangers like lethal electrical shock or fire. So, here in this article we shall discuss how to install all these fixtures in safe possible manner.

SOFARY lighting is very well-known professional lighting fixture manufacturers having more than 10 years of experience in manufacturing high-quality chandeliers including crystal chandelier lights. Their products are sold worldwide including North America, Europe and other areas with the highest quality standard at an affordable price.

In order to install all these high quality SOFARY lighting fixtures, you need to proceed in step-by-step manner.

Tools needed

If you are interested to install these fixtures in DIY way then first thing to do is buy few appropriate tools, which will be necessary requirement for proper and safe installation. Following are few important tools that you must have:

• Flathead and Philips screwdriver

• Needle-nose pliers

• Pliers

• Non-contact voltage tester

• Wire stripper/cutter

• Stepladder

• Voltage tester

• Wrench

Additionally you must also have the following few materials that are generally needed for such installation work.

• Ground screw

• Electrical tape

• Electrical box

• Wire nuts

• Light texture

Switch off the power

Whenever you have to deal with any kind of fixtures that have electrical supply too then you must always switch the power off. You can always locate the MCB box where there will be individual marking for the electrical lines of different areas of your house.

You must find the respective MCB of the area where you are going to work and then turn it off.

Remove old ceiling light

In order to remove the old lights after powering it off you must remove its cover by unscrewing all the screws. Then remove the fixture after disconnecting all associated wires in following way:

1. Unscrew the screws that are holding your light to the ceiling.

2. Pull out all the wires by unscrewing the associated nuts and untwist the wires.

3. The bare wire if it is there is a ground wire and unwind it.

4. Now totally disconnect the old fixture and put it aside.

5. Now remove old base plate

Wiring of flush mounted ceiling light

Now you have to fit your new fixture. There will be instruction provided along with the fixture that you may read it and follow the instruction for mounting the fixture. Now reconnect the wires as per following instruction.

1. Fix the base plate of new fixture by screwing it against the ceiling.

2. Connect white wire of your light fixture with white wire in ceiling box.

3. Connect the black wire of light fixture to black wire in ceiling box.

4. Connect ground wire of light fixture to ground wire of ceiling box.

5. Ensure that entire wires are put inside ceiling box.

Now attach the new base to ceiling box as per the instructions. Ensure it will fit snugly against your ceiling. Now add light bulbs.