Wiring light fixtures is simple if you know the right steps. AsktheBuilder.com host Tim Carter demonstrates how to wire a light fixture or ceiling light. His tips will allow you to wire up a light quickly and safely.

Video Transcription

Alright, the people along this home, it is time to change from the temporary construction light fixture to the finish light fixture. Is it hard to put a light fixture in? Not as hard as you think if you follow a few simple safety tips. The first thing you have to do is turn the power off to the light fixture at the circuit breaker panel. Make sure to have someone help you with this and make sure the light is off. You can also use a tester to make sure that the power is off as well. Make sure that you are black wire and your neutral wire, the white wire have about a half inch of insulation stripped off to each tip. Go ahead and put up the mounting bracket to the light fixture. Now, start to connect your light fixture. Remember the black wire in the light fixture is wire noted to the black wire in the electrical box and the white wire in the fixture is wire noted to the white wire in the box. Be sure to hook up your ground wire. It is the bare copper wire and it is usually attaches a green screw on a mounting bracket. Remember when you are working with the wires, do not touch any bare copper except for the bare ground wire. That is the only one that you can safely touch. Mostly light fixtures come with insulation. At the top of the fixture, make sure you keep this insulation in place because it stops the heat from the light bulb in cooking wires that are up in the electrical box. Now, slide the fixture over through the mounting bolts, put on your little finish trim screws and you should be ready to go. Alright, when you put these last final screws in, do not do it too tight because you can crack the glass. All we have got to do now is turn on the power, put on the bulb, hit the switch and everything should be great. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to AsktheBuilder.com.