Hard Wire Shop Lights That Have A Wall Plug In

One is to hardwire the lights to the switch itself.

Hard wire shop lights that have a wall plug in.

Amax lighting 24 5 in. And i ve got a step by step tutorial for you too. Flipping a light switch and watching your yard brighten that is. Got a lamp you love but no pre wired light box in the wall or ceiling where you d like to hang it.

Hyperikon 40 watt frosted cover integrated. You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet. Examine the existing wiring. The copper wire is the ground wire and should be capped and wrapped around a screw in the lightbox.

It s a great feeling. The lights i like and can afford are plug in wall lights ikea lowe s home depot. Normally that would have been that but alas hobby lobby had lighting lamps on sale for 50 off. The metal plate i got is what will attach to the wall to keep the wires separate from the wall as they are not buried in a box like most hard wired light fixtures would be.

The other is wire it to an exterior outlet with a transformer. 40 for a light. I mean it s just two little wires right. Rather than open up and rewire the wall because if i m being honest i might will almost definitely rearrange the room sometime and not want sconces there i decided to covert the hard wired lights into plug ins.

You will also need a screwdriver twist on wire connectors aka wire nuts or marrettes and electrical tape. I have 2 hardwired lights above my mantle. In all fairness i wasn t sure if it was safe to convert a plug in light to a hardwired light. Save 65 00 45 free delivery.

Save 65 00 45 79 00. On clear cords they are hard to see but if you run your fingernail over them you can feel them. One white one black and one copper. The ribbed wire is the neutral wire and the smooth wire is the hot wire.

One wire will be smooth on the side and the other wire will have ribs. Usually a plug in fixture will not have a ground wire so you will not need this wire. You too can have this feeling if you wire outdoor lights to an interior light switch. You don t have to do a major wiring job.

And at 50 each i thought they were a steal but we did not have wiring in the spots where i wanted to hang them. Strip the casing off of the ends of the wires about 1 2 using wire strippers. 80 watt integrated led black shop light model led sg24 79 00. There are two wiring options.

But what about the ground. Plug in lights don t have grounds so would it even work. We are going to replace them.