How to install outdoor lighting Fixture from start to finish.

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If you need a video to show you how to install a motion sensor light from scratch THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU!!!!! Everything from finding power to installing wire and light switch to control outdoor fixture. Great project for an experienced DIY. Work at your own risk when working with any type of electrical.
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@lukas______ 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks

@peternotarfrancesco2614 4 ай бұрын

I prefer to drill the outside hole at an upwards angle to preclude any moisture from traveling down into the wall. This means that it might be a little harder to fish the wire down. Fairly good video though.

@irishchopper9065 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful. You have taught me many things with this video. Thanks

@1percentSolutions23 6 ай бұрын

Your the luckiest handyman EVER. This wall didn’t fight you at all. Awesome!!! I usually encounter blocking, can’t find my fish tape etc…

@ve4edj 6 ай бұрын

In the top of the outlet box you need a push in bushing to prevent it from cutting the insulation on the sharp metal edges

@joeweatlu5169 6 ай бұрын

Before removing the outlet cover it's a good idea to run a knife blade around it to cut the paint.I Also I'd just replace the original receptacle with a spec grade one and pigtail the wires. Not a good practice to use backstab connections. Just some hints to do The job to code: The ground leads can't just be twisted. They need to be secured with a wire nut. Where the romex goes into the original outlet box you need a romex connector. Doesn't take much more time or money to do The job to code.

@danstvguy 6 ай бұрын

Pretty lucky catching that wire cable with your finger from inside the box and especially to coax it into the hole.

@GoSox35 7 ай бұрын

This was a good video. One thing I noticed you didn’t do is, when you knocked out the top of the metal box, you didn’t use a push in connector to protect the Romex from fraying on the sharp edges of the metal box. 😎

@gusespe4458 6 ай бұрын

Excellent Video Thanks Bud !!!👍

@jimbola77 6 ай бұрын

thank you sir for sharing awesome stuff to know...

@williemitchell9943 5 ай бұрын

Excellent Job

@mariomene2051 9 ай бұрын

Made it look easy.

@richiestarks6163 6 ай бұрын

Clear and concise! Subscribed!

@ftjp8 4 ай бұрын

Appreciate your content, thank you!

@thesamsonfamily5495 8 ай бұрын

wow ! well explained!!!

@mclovin9678 Ай бұрын

Very informative!

@pipolopez6905 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the connect

@WoodgemanX 7 ай бұрын

Pigtail the wires in the outlet box. Back stabbing outlets is hokey, the holes on your wire stripper are for making loops on the wires. Did you clamp the wire going into the outdoor box, did you put caulk around the hole.outside the house?

@NoneMechanic101 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@shannonkingston224 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@faustoromero8306 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! this is going to help me a lot. By the way, beautiful german sheperd!

@staiboy1 Жыл бұрын

great contect thank you

@HighRidgeHandyman Жыл бұрын

Thanks👍🏻

@jimbola77 6 ай бұрын

awesome sir I finished mine just like yours you saved me a ton of money I did not have! Also, I scored the outside of the wall plate before removing it so it did not take the paint away thank you again love your work...

@KevinCoop1 8 ай бұрын

Good video! Technically, a “plug” is what attaches to a cord and has male prongs or pins. A receptacle is a female device to accept a plug.

@wesleystaub5416 7 ай бұрын

Unless the holes in the back are pressure connection ,I would pigtail the neutrals and hot so that you have one wire on each terminal

@noelrodriguez7088 3 ай бұрын

You should do the plug wires parallel, that means both wires and put them together and adding a pig tail, same for power wires, this is safer .

@lorenrickey5481 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job! I like to use the midway nylon face plates. It’s a size in the middle of normal and large. The only thing that I would have done differently would be to pigtail the outlet connections together and then attached the receptacle, if there was enough room. Hey Sunny!!

@HighRidgeHandyman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Loren Rickey me & Sonny appreciate it👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@lorenrickey5481 2 жыл бұрын

@@HighRidgeHandyman Get well soon! Take all the time off you need to heal properly

@danbrown3460 6 ай бұрын

Nice job with the video. Everything was well explained and I learned a few things. Hey Sonny! You got a good boy there.

@SciaticaDrums 6 ай бұрын

On the outside you want to drill that hole so it slopes down to the outside just in case any water gets behind the box.

@afzalhakeen4941 6 ай бұрын

i always count everything before i wired anything else from a receptacle so i won't overload a breaker

@mikeswithers2535 5 ай бұрын

Your short cutted the ground on both boxes. Did you pig tail for the switch and what if you dont have a metal box to ground into

@johnlange8729 3 ай бұрын

Considering it is light and motion sensitive, I would put a switch cover over the switch.

@jonathanjacobo612 3 ай бұрын

Can you make a video with a timer switch?

@littlecajun2241 5 ай бұрын

Great short video, thanks. I'm not an electrician, I only play one on TV, but why didnt you connect white connector into switch? Doesnt that start and stop power to flood light?

@HighRidgeHandyman 5 ай бұрын

It’s a single pole switch. It’s made for the hot wire “black” only. The whites are the neutrals “ground” back to the main panel. The switch is designed to open and close the circuit sending power to the fixture. When installing plugs with GFCI you want to connect all. Hope this answers your question.👍🏻

@littlecajun2241 5 ай бұрын

copy :-) I was thinking white was hot. Thanks for responding. Happy New Year.@@HighRidgeHandyman

@m3dmonds 9 ай бұрын

When you twisted the two grounds together at the switch, how were you left with another ground wire to attach to the switch?

@HighRidgeHandyman 9 ай бұрын

I twisted a pigtail piece about 8 inches long to accommodate the plug

@user-sg2pj2hx4h 8 ай бұрын

Would you a GFCI outlet for the inside to protect the outdoor fixture or outlet.

@snakeye2669 4 ай бұрын

It not require from section 210.8 of the NEC for light fixture, but yes for all outdoor outlets. It should at least be recommend.

@jesusttorres446 8 сағат бұрын

What kind of wire did you use?

@franciscoaceves5329 6 ай бұрын

Never Backstab, either pigtail or loop

@haunthunterify 6 ай бұрын

Yup! I cringed at the stabbing.

@hemothy 3 ай бұрын

does it matter which set of incoming wires you pigtail? or would you pigtail all 3 and just have one set on the terminals?

@wesleystaub5416 7 ай бұрын

Also wheres the romex connector since you knocked out the 3/8 hole ,you could have probably used the same hole where their would be 3 wires 2 in one hole and one in the other

@user-nk9cl5mu8g 10 ай бұрын

Hey, how much would you charge a job like this? Great work!

@HighRidgeHandyman 10 ай бұрын

It all depends. Prices vary from different area codes obviously. What I do is I would charge for the materials needed with a little extra for going to pick the stuff up And then at least a half a days work in my mind. You have to figure out what you need to make per day to be profitable. And it would be a half a day of that. Good luck take care.

@user-nk9cl5mu8g 10 ай бұрын

I got this opportunity to do this light and I don’t know how to charge this because I am not an electrician, but you gave me the confidence to make it happen, and I will get everything I need to do it, the only thing that was not clear for me was how to attach ground to the metal box, but for the rest great video

@user-nk9cl5mu8g 10 ай бұрын

I am a carpenter and I get pay 250$ the day, 125$ sound good? I think they will get scared for the price

@quadrunner8244 7 ай бұрын

How long did it take you to get the snake wire from outside the house down to the switch cut out? I mean how did you get it to go exactly there or did it take some time? Thanks

@sarahann530 7 ай бұрын

@@HighRidgeHandyman So how much did you charge for this job ?

@weitang1196 3 ай бұрын

😂I’m new and I have a stupid question. Why do you install a new switch when you have an outlet to begin with?

@HighRidgeHandyman 3 ай бұрын

To control the outdoor fixture. It’s gives me the option to keep the motion light on without any interruptions, or I can actually turn it off if not needed. It would be the only way to turn off power to the outdoor fixture

@weitang1196 3 ай бұрын

@@HighRidgeHandyman Thanks. I thought the light would be off automatically when it's daylight.

@thesamsonfamily5495 8 ай бұрын

what wire gauge do i but to do this?

@HighRidgeHandyman 8 ай бұрын

14/2 wire. Reason for that gauge is because this was a 15 amp circuit. But if using a 20amp circuit you have to use 12/2 wire

@thesamsonfamily5495 8 ай бұрын

ok thank you

@jasnapon 6 ай бұрын

400 to 600 labor how do you sleep at night🤔

@HighRidgeHandyman 6 ай бұрын

I use one of those my pillows they work great. Have you seen the prices in Fairfield county Ct lately?? One bedroom apartments start at 2500. Not to mention food and everything else insurance and so on. I sleep just fine. 💪🏻

@Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse 6 ай бұрын

If he was not to be making $400 to $600 labor ., he would have trouble sleeping at night .😵‍💫

@joeweatlu5169 6 ай бұрын

At those prices he should be doing it to code at least.

@mytube30005 5 ай бұрын

You can't just feed the wire through the hole of the metal box. That will fail the inspection. You need a Clamp Connector to protect the edge of the metal hole from cutting into the wire. You can clamp the wire to the clamp connector before fishing to the box and screw it in.

@stonybrain 2 ай бұрын

when will the inspector come on this job?

@lotus956 3 ай бұрын

Ads that keep me from seeing video actually make me hate the product lol.

@LA-rl1lu 3 ай бұрын

Running the line wire though the top of the new switch blue plastic Jbox makes no sense. The next guy who opens the box won't know which wire is which by just looking. If the line wire comes in to the box from the bottom, most people would logically (correctly) assume it was the line wire since the power source is below the box.

@mejrr1985 6 ай бұрын

You were good up till the grounds. The is literally no mechanical connection to the panel on the grounding conductor. Tying it to the metal box provides no safety. Put your plug tester to use. I bet it reads “ open ground “. It will work but will never pass inspection where I live

@haunthunterify 6 ай бұрын

It might not pass inspection anywhere. No grounding.

@zimvader25 6 ай бұрын

Lol If it’s not grounded, it’s not passing inspection anywhere in the world. But if youre not trying to pass inspection, I wouldn’t worry about it. It works and it’s not burning down your house.

@caseymiller7297 3 ай бұрын

So rather than grounding to the metal box he should have connected the ground wire to the green screw on the receptacle?

@haunthunterify 3 ай бұрын

@@caseymiller7297 I am not sure the mumbo jumbo he has in there but to the ground wire coming from the panel I would have made a few pigtails, one to connect to the outlet, one that wraps around the metal box screw and the light. They all should be twisted and bundled under a wire connector.

@quadrunner8244 3 ай бұрын

So when installing a light switch, there is no screw for the neutral wires on the switch? And if so, why not? Thanks

@legacyrydeshare3478 10 ай бұрын

I’m charging $400-$600 labor.

@EricMeeks101 7 ай бұрын

You aren't wrong because the value of your time is soley based on your own opinion, but I've been doing handyman work for over 10 yrs max I'd charge $125-$150 in labor for it would take less than an HR to complete. That's one of the issues with our trade is people are charging too much for their time and customers are hesitant to commit. Stay humbled and don't overcharge people please.

@shaneowen4177 3 ай бұрын

Never drill at a downward angle on an external wall, you are begging for water ingress if you do that. Drill at a slight upward angle, the snake is harder but your wall will thank you in ten years

@VietLe-USA 6 ай бұрын

Everything was crystal clear until the ground wires of the switch. I saw you twisted 2 ground wires together, cut them to equal length, and shoved them into the box, then all the sudden you’re left with one long ground wire hanging out. 16:03 Where did that long wire come from?

@HighRidgeHandyman 6 ай бұрын

Twist both grounds together with an extra piece called a Pig tail to extend for the switch. Or just twist both ground wire’s together leaving one longer to extend our for the switch.

@skmk88 6 ай бұрын

It’s called a pigtail. It’s a separated piece of the same wire, usually about 6-7 inches in length, that you combine with the ones he twisted together so it’s easier to get to the switch. It’s basically an extender for the wires he twisted together. Look up how to pigtail wires for a switch