How To Install Wall Sconces Lights

Most sconces mount with a center stud so you can level the fixture even if the box is not level.

How to install wall sconces lights.

Now to make your sconce useful you need to attach the puck light into your shade. In addition select a location for the light switch. For control over your lighting scheme put sconces on a dimmer switch. Before you begin make sure you know how to strip splice and connect wires how to install electrical boxes and how to run cable through walls and ceilings.

Attach the fixture to the bracket. Remove any shade or globe on the sconce then remove the light bulb. Mount the sconce in place using brackets and screws by using inserts or mounting directly onto a stud. Loosen the mounting screws or knob that holds the base of the light fixture to the electrical box then gently pull the fixture away from the box.

The sconces also come with a plug and i just stored those away in case i get another wild hair. Install the batteries inside the battery operated puck lights. On average it should take about three hours to run cable install a switch and mount two wall sconces. Wall sconces offer a fix for staircases and hallways that need more even lighting.

Keeping 6 feet between each wall sconce in a long hallway or down a long staircase will ensure that light fills the entire stretch with no awkward gaps. Level it as needed. Then follow these step by. Make sure your electrician understand where you want the light fixture when you instruct them.

Plug in sconces attach to a wall but have an extension cord that must plug into a wall outlet. This tutorial assumes that you will have circuit wires run to the location for the wall sconce lighting fixture by a licensed electrician but that you will be installing the electrical box and connecting the wires to the light fixture yourself. Screwdrivers flat head and phillips head light fixture. To install a wall mounted light you ll use a ceiling box and wire just as you would for a ceiling light.

If you want each sconce to operate independently such as for reading in bed then an on off switch in the fixture is the way to go. Turn on the lights you will be working on. Once you ve verified that the power is off disconnect the wire leads on the light fixture from the circuit wires by unscrewing the wire connectors. Shut off the power to your light s at your circuit breaker.

Use a non contact circuit tester to check the wires for power. Install 66 72 inches from the floor depending on ceiling height. Install a wall sconce light fixture instructions. Mark the location you want to install the sconce at on the wall with a pencil.

Use the general 6 foot rule when placing wall sconces in hallways. Ideally the switch should be next to the room s other switches. Select the location to install your sconce. Install a wall sconce light fixture materials.