How To Install Wall Sconces Lights

Make sure your electrician understand where you want the light fixture when you instruct them.

How to install wall sconces lights.

Mount the sconce in place using brackets and screws by using inserts or mounting directly onto a stud. On average it should take about three hours to run cable install a switch and mount two wall sconces. 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. Select the location to install your sconce.

Use the general 6 foot rule when placing wall sconces in hallways. 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. 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.

Install 66 72 inches from the floor depending on ceiling height. Level it as needed. Ideally the switch should be next to the room s other switches. 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.

Keep in mind that the ideal height for a wall sconce is 72 inches from the floor. To install a wall mounted light you ll use a ceiling box and wire just as you would for a ceiling light. Install a wall sconce light fixture materials. Most sconces mount with a center stud so you can level the fixture even if the box is not level.

Use a non contact circuit tester to check the wires for power. Install the batteries inside the battery operated puck lights. 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. Then follow these step by.

Remove any shade or globe on the sconce then remove the light bulb. They re much easier and less expensive to install than hard wired sconces but the trade off is that the cord hangs down and is visible. Mark the location you want to install the sconce at on the wall with a pencil. Screwdrivers flat head and phillips head light fixture.

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. For control over your lighting scheme put sconces on a dimmer switch. Now to make your sconce useful you need to attach the puck light into your shade. The sconces also come with a plug and i just stored those away in case i get another wild hair.

Plug in sconces attach to a wall but have an extension cord that must plug into a wall outlet. Attach the fixture to the bracket. I installed the sconce to the mounting bracket as you normally would and voila you have a useless sconce attached to your wall. In addition select a location for the light switch.