Best video out there for this retrofit. I did three in 90 minutes. Well done! Good camera angle and notes. Thank you.

Thank you for this video, super easy for someone whos never done home electrical work before to follow along, Just converted 6 of my kitchen CFL to LED in about 2 hrs. The difference is INSANE!!

Great and very high quality video. Thanks! With your guidance I just retrofitted 6 fluorescent lights with smart LEDs in our kitchen. They look great, wife loves them and they weren't much more expensive than buying the old fluorescent bulbs.

Great video tutorial! I have 12 in the kitchen to do and thanks to you I have been able to do 2 per hour. I did optimize your workflow a bit: - loosen the 2 screws at the top of the can before removing the 4 screws that hold it in place -push the can up -do all the wire cutting, etc -feed the red & blue into the can to give more length for cutting, stripping, etc. -feed the red & blue back into the j box -finally bring the can down into place to install the light

I'm gonna get that retrofit kit from Costco. Thank you for a straight forward video w/o commentary.

Thank you for this video. You saved thousands of people thousands of dollars.

Found your video, had this problem, followed your instructions and IT WORKED...thanks so much for what you did for me (us)...

Thanks for the video. I did a few retrofit like this but used a very hot short attic to bypass the ballist. I never thought about pulling the can out to gain access.

Thank you for your service and you keep on serving us with this very thorough video. Make it a great life.

Excellent work, very easily explained & thank you so much for your service to your country!

This is perfect. Just got through replacing 5 of them in the kitchen of my Condo. Worked like a champ and looks terrific. Thank you for the excellent video and description. By the way the 5 took me about 3 and 1/2 hours, some of the cans per pretty stubborn!! Thanks again. I love our new lighting. I abhor CFLs!!

Your video was the best one I seen and really helped me out so much. I like that you put a list of instructions as well! Your the best!

Thank you very much for the video and for your service, from one Navy vet to another.

Damn, that was a helpful video. I have no idea what I'm doing electrically and this video (plus the graphics) walked me through it. I got tripped up one time because i had 3 black and 3 white wires, but I figured 1 was a pass through... I was right. I gotta tell you though... I muted the audio...

What a great video! Very nice work! I am doing the same exact thing with almost identical parts that you are removing.

I did as shown in the video but kept my 4 pin socket and just used GX24 4 pin male to E27 female converter and used LED bulbs I already had which was more cost effective solution for me. Thank you for your professionally done video and notes.

Worked like a charm. Thanks for this video.

THANK YOU THANK YOU ! Do you know why the builder installed a transformer box there? Thanks again for a great video.

Good video. Could lose the music. Onscreen text was helpful although went by pretty fast. Obviously, you can pause it. Question, though. Assuming you have a 14 gauge cable feeding the can and are using an LED that draws something like 10 watts; Can you connect the red and blacks which look to be 18's to the 14 gauge cable. Is that a risk?

+Trust Company, thanks for posting this video--it was just what I needed! My kitchen was remodeled 10 years ago, and at that time CFL's were "state of the art" city codes. Now the bulbs have started burning out, and you can't find them anymore, in all their different pin configurations, tube lengths, etc. They've become the ugly stepchild of lighting, what with mercury in them, and now that versatile LED's are the norm. Anyhow, you did it with 6 inch cans, so I was skeptical about being able to do this with my 4 inch cans, since I didn't think I could fit my hands in the smaller space to do all the cutting and splicing. So, having six fixtures I needed to swap out, I decided to do it from the attic space after all, in 95 degree heat of course... I did the first, most accessible one, and it worked so well using your method that I couldn't wait to finish the job and rid my kitchen of those damn CFL's for good. I converted four of them this way, soaking my clothes with sweat up there. When the last two were inaccessible, I decided I'd throw caution to the wind, now that I had the method down, and try them from below. I'm happy to report it was no problem to get into the 4 inch cans after all, and I wished I'd just done them ALL that way from the beginning, lol. Anyway, great video, very clear and informative; thank you again!

Love the video! Question, once you've removed the Transformer/Ballast, and you're left with the 4 wires, 2 reds and 2 blue, does it matter which blue wire or which red wire you use to connect the white and black wire? Just wondering which blue and red wire to discard or not use. Wasn't sure if it mattered or not.

Excellent video with how-to-instructions. I have three comments to mention if you could assist replying; my ballast is a bit different, wires don't protrude out of the box like yours and others I've seen before, and there are a total of 14 wires (two sets of Black and Blue together, two sets of Red and White together, two Whites together, a Blue and Black together and two Greens and a Ground bound together as well). I haven't started removing/replacing them yet with hope that you might come back with some advise. Thanks, by the way, what band plays the cool music in your video?

Any issue with the having the terminations exposed inside the can? Potential code and/or safety issue? Perhaps this retrofit is best done with an LED can that comes with a junction box? Great video, very well done, thanks!

Dumb question: Is there a 4-prong to e26/e27 adapter available that would bypass having to remove the housing?

How about a 4 pin emergency fixture? is there a special back up for that type of fixture? Thank you

If we cut all the red, blue, black, and white wires coming from the transformer box, can we just leave them in the junction box? Or do we have to remove them? Thank you for this video!

Is it the same way if it has a 2way switch

Easy way Phillips direct replacement

I have 4 8-inch cans from the previous owner of my house and they are running dual 4-pin CFLs. Would the process be the same with pulling the cover plate from behind the bulbs to reach the ballast and then follow the steps from there?

Trust-A-Bro

You say you must replace the sheathing but I cannot see it in the finished can. Can the sheathing go on both wires or must each wire have a separate sheath?

Hi! What about two pin CFLs? Will this process apply or is the wiring going to be different? Thanks for any advice you may be able to offer!

A couple of my led lights went dark and won’t turn back on, any issue with that or thought on a problem?

I have retrofit but want bulbs instead for smart lights....what steps do I need to take?

CFL for led four pin

my canister does not have the hooks to hold the two ears

so easy.

How long would this take to change out 6 lights?

And with a 4 pin cfl

Lit

What about the ground wire?

Much easier to just rip off the 4 pin and chop it off, and wire it to an edison socket that clips on. Or just get some 4 pin to edison adapters. Good idea afterwards to buy some led, cfl, or 60 watts max labels.

You must read fast...

' good show this video... dont have to put currency number in here

Is this up to code

Maybe Step 1 is to turn off the power