Questions tagged [recessed-lighting]
For questions about [light] fixtures that are recessed into a building surface, usually a ceiling.
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Where should I attach the ground wire in a recessed light?
I have a recessed can light on the 1st floor with e26 light bulb (Below are pictures) and want to upgrade to LED. I have the LED with metal box and have a green grounded wire. I do not see a place to ...
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Adding a new can/light on same switch-controlled circuit as ceiling fan
Objective: to install a new can light fixture, to be controlled by an existing wall switch. Original configuration: the wall switch supplies power to a ceiling fan with light kit.
What I did: I ...
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Most future-proof j-box/light for closet
I have a normal, small closet (approximately 46”x24”).
I am doing electrical work and on that occasion I’d like to add some light to the closet.
I was thinking just adding a normal j-box (e.g. Carlon ...
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Wet Rated Pot Light
I moved into my house last year, the bathroom has pot lights and had a walk in tub. We are now installing a shower and a pot light will be in the shower. Is there a way to tell if the pot light ...
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How do I diagnose lights that won't turn on?
When we purchased our house a year ago, I replaced all the burnt out lights throughout the house. 2 of the recessed lights in our master bath were out but within a couple months of replacing them they ...
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How can I remove the trim from this recessed light
I have this recessed light and I want to replace it with one of those LED all in one units. I can't figure out how to get the trim off.
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How do I remove the frame from a can light without attic access?
I am replacing my can light, operated by a switch with a led wafer light in a space without attic access. I have removed the 3 screws from the can fixture and removed it completely. The trouble I am ...
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What kind of light fixture connector is this? What can I replace this with?
I've got some recessed downlight fixtures at my place that have these three extra wires with a weird looking circle connector. All of the light fixtures in the building have a 2 wire connector, but ...
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How can I fix an LED light running along my stairs?
First time buying a house and noticed one of my stairs light is not turning on (but all 6 other lights do turn on). I opened up the cover plate and I noticed that there are 3 wire nuts; 2 of which had ...
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Remove Halo Remodel Cans
I've got several 4" Halo Remodel MR16 cans (model is 528-786 or 528-7S6) in one of my rooms - plasterboard ceiling, first floor, no attic access. I want to replace them with wafer lights because ...
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What type of light fixture is this?
I just moved in recently and this light is in the ceiling of our closet. It's mostly burned out and I need to replace it. I have never seen a light fixture like this before.
The 2nd picture shows the ...
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Installing lights in drop ceiling - do I really need multiple contractors?
Sorry in advance for the basic question. I just need to replace my fluorescent lights with some flush mount or pot ones. The fluorescent lights are recessed in the drop ceiling and removal will leave ...
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How can I warm the color of cool white LED fixtures?
I recently installed recessed LED lights (very thin, which was needed for the ceiling). But the color of the LEDs is so bright and glaring! The lights are on a dimmer and are still too bright and blue-...
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Ceiling LED recessed light installation gone wrong
My contractor installed a recessed ceiling LED light. The metal box that comes with the light (pictures attached), he just kept it on the dry ceiling, covered by insulation cotton material. I am ...
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Access to interstitial space from new work air-tight recessed lights (Halo H995ICAT)
Short question: Is there a (reversible) way of getting access to the interstitial space in the ceiling through new work air-tight recessed lights, Halo H995ICAT in my case?
Longer question: I'm ...
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Replacing recessed lighting socket
A tenant managed to rip out the socket threads from a recessed lighting can while trying to remove the light bulb. Pictures of the fixture and the existing socket below.
I would like to just replace ...
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Are IC rated recessed LED drivers safe to be in contact with insulation?
Sounds like a dumb question, I know IC stands for Insulation Contact, but I'm not sure if both the LED panel and driver can be covered in direct contact with insulation. I touched a driver today and ...
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Swap can light for wafer not working
I have a circuit with 3 old recessed can lights (lightoleir)
I just swapped out one for a new wafer led light and all the lights no longer work.
The light I added was at the end of the circuit with ...
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How can I add GFCI protection to these bathroom lights?
I have two lights (well, the square one is also an exhaust fan) in my bathroom.
There is a blue box that I've opened up to connect these lights. I've labeled the three wires going into the box. 2 is ...
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Can anybody identify this light bulb base? It resembles a lot of possibilities, two small pins
There is no markings, labels, or anything on the light bulb
House is in Los Angeles, built in 1942
Lightbulb is in a recessed light.
https://www.bulbs.com/learning/basechart.aspx
I've looked at all ...
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How do i install a regular electrical box for a light here?
I bought a new light fixture to go in this space, and it connects the old fashioned way (a black, a white, and a ground wire) to the regular electrical boxes I'm used to seeing. but when I pulled down ...
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Adding Second Light Switch in Bathroom for Lights
We have in our bathroom one light switch, which controls the bathroom fan and LED lights. The bathroom fan has power and works perfectly however, we installed new wire and connected them with the LED ...
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One of several recessed lights on a dimmer making a faint ringing noise
I have compatible, dimmable LED light bulbs for my recessed fixtures and they are the correct watts. However, when on, one of the recessed lights makes a distinct but faint ringing noise. This is the ...
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Why do surface mount light fixtures not require the type of air gap that recessed lights permitting insulation contact do?
A non-IC rated can light is supposed to have a 3 inch gap between it and any insulation. IC rated can lights have a double housing with an air gap to make insulation contact safe. On the other hand ...
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Wiring LED Halo Cup Lights To Existing Fixture
I took down a fluorescent Light fixture. To start the chain and install LED CUP Halo lights but there are 7 Wires total in the box and two sets of wires.
3 White wires in a bundle
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Install canless LED fixture in new construction can housing? [duplicate]
I have two new construction Halo 4" (H99ICAT) recessed housings installed in my bathroom renovation. Drywall is up, and I started looking at fixtures. Some of the ones I like the look of are ...
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Access wiring of ceiling can light without overhead access
I have first floor old school recessed can lights in my kitchen that I want to replace with LED clip-in wafer lights. I do not want to install the LED retrofits. How do I access the wiring of the can ...
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Easy and cheap replacement options for GU10 lighting
I've got a bunch of GU10 spots in my basement ceiling, and while they do a good job keeping the place well lit, the narrow beam of the bulb along with the low ceiling create a bunch of light spots. ...
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Can Rockwool Insulation be compressed or squished to fit through a 4'' hole and then rexpanded?
I just put in recessed lighting and lost a lot of soundproofing in the room. There is some insulation in the ceiling, but since cutting the holes in the drywall, sound is leaking out like crazy (...
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Can I use recessed downlight with GU24 base socket using adapter?
All ceiling lights in my home have GU24 base socket. I recently saw "recessed downlight" in Costco. It has E26 base type and is 9.4 watts. I googled and could not find similar light with ...
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Wiring for Recessed Lighting
https://i.stack.imgur.com/vfdso.jpg
I am looking to rewire my office to install recessed lighting and want to make sure I got everything correct. 15A circuit. Outlet 1 contains white and black from ...
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Prevent LED Recessed Lighting Trim from getting stuck - Springs vs. Friction
This is a more specific & up-to-date version of this question:
LED Recessed lighting trim stuck
The goal is prevention, so this is not a duplicate.
Some new-construction cans (especially it seems ...
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Recessed LED lighting layout for bedroom under 7 foot ceiling weird layout
We have a bedroom that has 7ft ceilings and around 170 square feet. I am 6’ 4” so I wanted to try and avoid lights that would be in the middle of the room where I would walk and cutoff the light with ...
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Is it worth putting in pot lights for the shower/tub area from the developer as an upgrade? [closed]
I bought a new condo and in the phase of choosing structural upgrades. They have an option for adding potlights to a bathroom shower/tub area. The only other source of light is the vanity light on top ...
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LED Bulb issue with recessed lights
I have 3 recessed canned lights in my hallway and I went to change these to all LED bulbs. The only way these work is if 1 canned light (doesn't matter which one) has the old BR30 incandescent bulb in ...
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Only black and white wires, no bare ground coming from ceiling
I'm quite new to home electrical work. I have 6 thin LED pot lights I would like to set up in my dining room. Each one has a box, expecting hot, neutral and bare ground wires:
I removed the old light ...
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How many LED can lights can I run on a single 20a breaker?
I have 12/2 connected to a double 20amp breaker (only using one side of the breaker) running 9 can lights with Junco IC22W LED inserts.
How many more can lights can I attach to this system and is it ...
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Shower recess light has a gap
I have a recess light in the shower cabin that went out. I’ve replaced it with a 10W “suitable for damp locations” bulb. Not now the lamp won’t sit flush with the ceiling.
The spring mechanism seems ...
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What are these called?
I want to install wall lights in my living room.
I found these lights at my friend's workplace and I liked them.
I asked him where are these from, but he does not know.
I tried to google them but do ...
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How can I install recessed lighting where there's a joist in the way?
I'm installing downlights in the hallway of my apartment, the hallway has a 90 degree turn and along one of the sides I have been lucky, no joists in the way. I cut the first hole along the other side ...
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How many LED pot lights shall i put on my sloped ceiling?
My ceiling is sloped /\ and i want to install pot lights
These ones 6in, 12W, 6000K
the living room where these need to be installed is 14'0" x 16'4"
Any advice on how many I pot lights like ...
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Girlfriend changed light switches, lights flashed and now the lights won't turn on
Okay, so pretty simple. She replaced two 3 way switches and a 4 way switch. The switch was flipped and the lights turned on and then went out immediately and now won't come back on (there was a ...
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LED "Can" lights not working all over my house
We moved into our house after someone flipped it 5 years ago. The attached photos are from LED lights that are all over the house. Some work intermittently. Some not at all. I can't seem to remove it ...
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What is the device attached to my recessed light junction box?
This is a recessed light I pulled out of my ceiling. There is a black cylindrical thing attached to the junction box and wired in series with the live wire to the bulb base. What is it?
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Recessed LED lighting for under 7 foot ceiling
I have an old basement room with shallow ceilings and a terrible central ceiling mount "boob-light". I would like a nice array of recessed LEDs but cannot find guidance for my room's ...
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Why is my lighting not turning on after updating single pole light switch for a newer light switch?
enter preformatted text hereI'm updating the light switches in my kitchen and one of the switch boxes has 2 switches: one single pole with 3 black wires and one 3-way pole switch.
I disconnected all ...
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How do I convert canless recessed lights to regular light fixtures?
We have this existing type of light in our dining room:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Ultra-Slim-6-in-Selectable-CCT-Canless-Color-Integrated-LED-Recessed-Light-Trim-Downlight-900-...
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Is 18 AWG wire with peeling outer insulation still good to use?
I am changing my can lights to LED can lights using the Halo retrofit lights. Can Lights I am using
Unfortunately my house has two different style can lights. One has the normal E26 screw type and the ...
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Removing trim from a recessed can
I am attempting to remove the trim from a recessed can. The image below is looking into the fixture at the socket.
Circled in red are two tabs that seem to hold the socket into the trim. In blue, ...
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How to remove new construction recessed light nailed to bottom of joist?
I'm trying to upgrade my non-IC recessed lighting to air tight IC recessed lighting. After removing the can, I see that the new-construction fixture has been nailed to the bottom of the joist (see ...
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