Light fixture wiring install.

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Light fixture install, what to do when both wires in the fixture are the same color, which wire goes where ? let me show you.. enjoy!

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@ironmaiden3751 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea with the hook and the chain as I put light fixtures up alone all the time. Also, ribbed wire to neutral thank you. I do advise however, ALL THE TIME, turn the breaker off not just the lightswitch!

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@milesmead2232 3 жыл бұрын

smooth to hot, ridges to neutral.

@pastordenny1 3 жыл бұрын

Installing light fixture with no colored wires. Thanks for answering my question!!!

@Schweigwest 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video...very helpful. At 1:34 it sounds like a vehicle in the background revving the engine and exploding!

@carldelozier13 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you We didn’t know which wire and this helped God bless you

@mjahandyman6390 Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@stephanierichards8371 3 жыл бұрын

This was not something that you specially covered but using the hook to hold the fixture while you are dealing with wires is genius.

@anopoabednego6173 2 жыл бұрын

Know your place woman. It's not discussing electrical wiring with men.

@anopoabednego6173 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, right after trolling and being a smart ass, I just got fucked up by a ground wire. Karma.

@blazayblazay8888 Ай бұрын

@@anopoabednego6173” CONSEQUENCEEEES”

@lucky247365 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video....my wires originally had labels on them but they fell off so this video was very helpful in allowing me to identify the correct wire.

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@elborracho8107 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed, thanks!

@delicious9930 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. Love the hook idea as well

@karinacabrera17 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a quick informative video! Thank you🙏

@tomsbrewing1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Solved my problem in no time.

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@pattyshobbyworld2851 4 ай бұрын

what about the ground wire

@tatanka2392 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it finally worked👍

@felinoaaron846 Жыл бұрын

thankyou you saved my life

@mikelacool6473 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video sir...your R the man!!!

@AuroraMeansDawn27 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT idea about the hook. I wonder why they didn't make the live black and the neutral in white.

@tanim854 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!! Appreciate the help!!

@todddavenport586 2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍 I didn't know that one had rigging on one of those wires

@gottafly125 Жыл бұрын

You saved the day. Thank you

@tinaa4079 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video, it really helped me out !!😁

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@singing4fun 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, very helpful!!!

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mimihernandez5016 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much you’re awesome ❤️

@ralphyrap0560 3 жыл бұрын

Good short vid.thank you sir

@guillermone1 6 ай бұрын

There was no mentioned made about a third bare copper wire, but we see it in the video.

@mariaarriaga7362 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!! this video really helped me 👍

@besp8514 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@wdhehpperobyn9602 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this man!!

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@REDOCTOBEER74 3 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful sir, thank you

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@carldelozier13 2 жыл бұрын

Smooth to black Thanks

@gerssonb9456 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful was wondering which was hot wire

@thashoeboy 2 жыл бұрын

wire with ridges to neutral, thank you Sir!

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@jennifermuschiano1070 Жыл бұрын

My light fixture coming out of the ceiling has two black wires. What does that mean ?

@michaellopez7707 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very well explained

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Eskilz40 5 ай бұрын

Very, very helpful

@marguaritetherese3156 2 жыл бұрын

I just got a new light fixture and the ground wire is a 4" copper wire wrapped around the green screw on the plate, but it isn't connected to the fixture. There is no other ground wire on the fixture either. How should this little wire be connected to the fixture???

@jb1995 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@noelianaranjo6326 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you !!!! So much!!

@ehpennsylvania 3 жыл бұрын

Informative vid. However, I have a three terminal lamp with 4 wires. Picture this. Two brown wires that are the cord wires to the base of the lamp. The other two wires lead to the small bulb at the base of the lamp with a white and black wire. I purchased a new 3 terminal plug but have struggled to wire it correctly without blowing a breaker. Any suggestions? Thank you.

@jay55patel 2 жыл бұрын

thanks very helpful

@perryrob 2 жыл бұрын

I have alight fixture that has a blue and a brown wire with a separate mini green yellow ground wire. My house has white and black. Which wire do i connect to the hot black wire? I'm guessing the blue.

@Future_memory 7 күн бұрын

My light fixture has 4 wires: load, neutral and ground + copper bare wire but ceiling box only has two (white and yellow). Where does neutral go if white is ground and yellow is load ?

@chromesamsung4251 3 жыл бұрын

Hi , For light bulbs, if we put reverse wire. Like, in place of red , Blue and in place of blue red .. It still work ?

@qmama374 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative video,Thank you. I am trying to install a pendant light to a lamp cord. Problem is my pendant light has 3 clear wires and a copper wire. When I strip my lamp cord i only end up with 2 wires. On the pendant the copper wire is a ground and 2 of the clear go to my lamp cord brown wires so then what is the 3rd clear wire?

@soniahendrick653 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video 😊

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@davidwellman7080 2 жыл бұрын

I have black and white from the house and green black and white from the led light. The white from the light is a neutral. What do I do with the neutral?? Do I need it?

@taraindiana1587 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@boobooboogoo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@FlowAndGroww 3 ай бұрын

What about when the pendant comes with a white, black, bare copper, AND a green wire

@DavidBerquist334 2 ай бұрын

I SEEN A FIXTURE WITH BLUE BROWN AND YELLOW/GREEN GROUND HOW COME THEY DONT USE A WHITE FOR NEUTRAL BLUE IS LINE 3 208 VOLTS 3 PHASE SERVISE BROWN IS LINE 1 480 VOLTS 3 PHASE SERVICE THANK

@veronicabrenner2336 Жыл бұрын

what if i have a red wire in the box? What do i do with that? And do I need a ground

@aspjake123 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you for a brief video with unnecessary chatter. Just put a chandelier up and you helped me connect the wire correctly. Question, what happens if the wires are reversed? Would the light not work at all? BTW Subbed.

@TearsInReign Жыл бұрын

It would trip the circuit breaker when you turned the light switch on

@aspjake123 Жыл бұрын

@@TearsInReign Thank you

@bitoymalana3463 Жыл бұрын

No polarity... As long as d 2 wires coming fr. Ur junc. Box Dos not short no prob. Ur breaker wil not trip off and It will still work

@rymskindeep 3 жыл бұрын

thanks this was helpful

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@kenamaro 2 жыл бұрын

I have one blue wire…. One brown wire….. no ridges…..how to determine hot ?? Thanks

@favianperez5641 10 ай бұрын

Where does the coper wire go ?

@MWood-ry8uu 3 жыл бұрын

I'm confused. My simple light fixture (no built-in switch) has two clear/silver wires and there is continuity between them (tested), and in the ceiling I have one hot and one neutral, no red (2nd hot)... If I connect either way then won't it short out the circuit??

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Was there a light in the fixture when you tested for continuity ?

@MWood-ry8uu 3 жыл бұрын

It is an 8-light chandelier. There are a couple bulbs in the sockets. I thought there should not be continuity between the wires. Worried there is a crossed wire in the fixture and it might short the circuit.

@user-wy7ku8fw3y 6 ай бұрын

Light ceiling wire that is brown- what is it?

@bladadidoblah Жыл бұрын

Isn't it when you're dealing with ac there's no polarity, unlike dc, so either way it will work? Do you really need to do this?

@hmsmedia2005 2 жыл бұрын

Ok.. how about if I have 3 wires coming out of the ceiling; white, black and red. White to white, black to black and is red ground? What If the fixture I’m connecting only has 2 wires, White & black? What do I do with the red wire coming out from ceiling? Do I find a spot on the new fixture and connected to ground?

@mjahandyman6390 Жыл бұрын

Red is NOT ground, it could be another hot wire..

@jciii5589 3 жыл бұрын

There is a single wire. A white wire surrounded (coiled) by bare wire. Is the bare the black (hot)?

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

The bare wire would be the ground, and the white the neutral wire.. your missing the hot wire...

@TheLoudGreek Жыл бұрын

Great video. Stupid question but how to I connect the copper wires from ceiling and from light fixture? Thank you

@karthikeyanbalasubramaniam598 Жыл бұрын

Simple explanation and Thanks for sharing the video. You mentioned that you hooked the wires without switching main line power. Is that safe?

@mjahandyman6390 Жыл бұрын

Not recommended, its always safer to turn off the breaker.

@karthikeyanbalasubramaniam598 Жыл бұрын

@@mjahandyman6390 Thank You So Much for your time to answer my question!

@shirleyshirels2701 Жыл бұрын

How do i add a on off switch

@annwood6659 4 ай бұрын

What about the copper wire

@garythompson9727 3 жыл бұрын

so both wires are clear coming from my ceiling light. One wire has typed writing on its surface but no ribs are present. It says 18 gauge 300 v, I'm assuming this is neutral wire. The other wire has no writing on it at all and i believe this is the hot lead. But in this case does it really not matter which is used as neutral wire and which is used as hot wire. The plastic insulation around both wires is clear (see through) the wire itself is aluminum not copper.

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gary, The neutral wire is normally identified somehow either with writing or ridges, if connected in reverse hot to neutral the fixture will still work but you increase the chance of getting a shock when handling the fixture or changing the bulb, by reversing polarity (Hot to neutral) the ridges in the socket are now charged instead of the little tab in the bottom of the socket, hope this helps. Cheers!

@DB-bp7hh 3 жыл бұрын

@@mjahandyman6390 I have the same problem. I have three clear wires coming from ceiling light. Hot, neutral and ground but they are not marked and no ridges. what happens if I accidentally hook up the ground wire from the ceiling light with the hot black(hot) wire from the ceiling?

@KybubStudios 3 жыл бұрын

@@DB-bp7hh did u find out? lol

@2tallB 3 жыл бұрын

@@mjahandyman6390 so there's the answer to all of these questions about which wire: get a multimeter and see which wire has continuity to the center tab in the socket, it's the hot.

@nicolm5355 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@mikeb3302 2 жыл бұрын

But what if you have two white wires and neither have ridges? So far I cant see any different on either wire or where they hook in....no neg or pos markings.

@mjahandyman6390 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, does one wire have writing on it ? if so, that's your neutral.

@canmorito Жыл бұрын

Make sure the power is turned off by flipping the circuit breaker controlling the light fixture to the off position. After connecting the wires of the new light fixture to the circuit wires in the ceiling/wall box using twist-on wire nuts, you can do the following simple test using a non-contact voltage tester to find out whether your light fixture is installed correctly: With no light bulbs installed yet into the light fixture, turn on the circuit breaker and then the light switch. If the wires are connected correctly, then the voltage tester will only beep when you place it closer to the center pin or tab inside the light bulb socket, meaning that the center pin is hot but the threaded shell of the socket is neutral. If the wires are reversed, then the voltage tester will beep when you touch the threaded shell of the light bulb socket, indicating that the entire socket is energized (potential shock hazard when installing or replacing light bulbs).

@SW-ok8nd 4 ай бұрын

Can anybody link the hook or something very similar?

@jeffbateman2339 3 жыл бұрын

What if you have an old lighting fixture that doesn’t have ridges on either wire? No stripe either. They’re exactly the same.... also, there’s no ground wire coming from this fixture

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

you can test the fixture with an OHM reader, turn off the power first, disconnect the fixture from the wall, when looking in the light socket the tab in the bottom of the socket is connected to the live wire and the side ridges in the socket are connected to the neutral wire. as for the missing ground wire, if the metal box in the wall is grounded, once you screw the metal fixture (assuming it's metal) to the metal box with metal screws it will be grounded. hope this helps, if your not comfortable performing this test call an electrician or a Handyman that knows electrical.. Cheers

@kikitee2890 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Why didn't they say that in the instructions?

@cherphillips5559 2 жыл бұрын

My wires are all the same one has the letter L one has N and one has a circle with upside down T and two dashes under the T not sure what they mean?

@canmorito 2 жыл бұрын

How to find out if the hot and neutral wires are correctly wired or reversed? After connecting the light fixture wires to the circuit wires in the ceiling/wall box using twist-on wire nuts, you can do the following simple test using a non-contact voltage tester to find out whether your light fixture is installed correctly: With the circuit breaker still turned off and no light bulbs installed yet, turn on the circuit breaker and then the light switch. If the wires are connected correctly, then the voltage tester will only beep when you place it closer to the center pin or tab inside the light bulb socket, meaning that the center pin is hot but the threaded shell of the socket is neutral. If the wires are reversed, then the voltage tester will beep when you touch the threaded shell of the light bulb socket, indicating that the entire socket is energized (potential shock hazard when installing or replacing light bulbs).

@donklaing 2 жыл бұрын

What can happen if you get the brown wires backwards?

@MJAHANDYMAN 2 жыл бұрын

It creates a potential shock hasard

@RBKathletics 3 жыл бұрын

What did you call that wire nut? A merette?

@mjahandyman6390 3 жыл бұрын

Marrette connector, it's just another word for wire connector, Marrette is named after the inventor.

@munazarin923 2 жыл бұрын

if by mistake i joint wrong wire together then what could be happen after turn the power on?

@canmorito 2 жыл бұрын

The light fixture will still work, but it would be a sock hazard. After connecting the light fixture wires to the circuit wires in the ceiling/wall box using twist-on wire nuts, you can do the following simple test using a non-contact voltage tester to find out whether your light fixture is installed correctly: With the circuit breaker still turned off and no light bulbs installed yet, turn on the circuit breaker and then the light switch. If the wires are connected correctly, then the voltage tester will only beep when you place it closer to the center pin or tab inside the light bulb socket, meaning that the center pin is hot but the threaded shell of the socket is neutral. If the wires are reversed, then the voltage tester will beep when you touch the threaded shell of the light bulb socket, indicating that the entire socket is energized (potential shock hazard when installing or replacing light bulbs).

@Persipacity 3 жыл бұрын

Mine has a gray wire? What do I hook that one to?

@KybubStudios 3 жыл бұрын

gray wire is a neutral. so it would get spliced to the white wire in the lighting fixture.

@andrewcameron4277 2 жыл бұрын

Nether of mine have ridges

@flash521 3 жыл бұрын

That was a stupid company who created a light without clear wiring colors.

@lindaturi1372 Жыл бұрын

What about the copper wire?

@cuarajhyrojayju4397 3 жыл бұрын

It’s confusing the explanation is confusing all I need to know is if the white go with the white amd of the red goes with the black I get confused when I see red wire when I’m trying to hand lights fixtures

@KybubStudios 3 жыл бұрын

yes. red and black are both hots. and the hots go together.