Replacing dated wall sconces has an immediate impact and is a very cost effective way to remodel a room. You don’t need to hire an electrician for this kind of project. Electricity has to be respected but not feared. These steps will make the process safe and simple for you to do.
Common electrical wiring for modern houses is done with both two and three wire cables which have a copper grounding wire. The difference is that three wire cables are used for three-way and four-way switches. Two wire cables have a black, white and a bare ground wire. Three wire cables have black, white, red and a bare ground wire. Typically, the black and red wires are hot, white is neutral and the ground wire is exposed copper.
Turn off the power at the breaker box. Loosen the screws holding the plate of your light fixture to the wall. Gently let the wall sconce down until the slack of the electrical wires is taken up and the fixture can safely dangle. Keep your hands away from the wires. Now, test the wires with a circuit tester to make sure the power is off.
Separate the wall sconce wiring from the wiring in the junction box. Just unscrew the small colored wire nuts and pull the wires away from each other. Now, straighten out the wires coming from the junction box so you can tie them into your new wall sconce with greater ease.
Install the sconce bracket, that came with the light fixture, into the junction box. Make sure you align the screw holes of the bracket properly so your new light fixture will install straight and level.
Typically, you will have two wires and a ground coming out of your junction box for a bath light fixture. Simply attach the black wire of the light fixture to the black wire coming from the junction box, the white wire of the fixture to the white wire in the junction box and bare copper grounding wire of the fixture to the bare copper grounding wire in the junction box. Use plastic wire nuts to twist the wires together in a permanent connection. If there is a grounding screw on the bracket that the fixture screws into, attach the grounding wire to that screw.
Once all your wire connections are made, go ahead and gently let the wall sonce down until the slack in the wires is gone and the sconce is hanging. Keep your hands under the sconce to catch it if your wires don’t hold up. This is a test and the wires that are twisted together should be able to support the fixture versus gravity. Your connections are good if this works.
Get the long screws that the fixture came with and put them within reach. While holding the new wall sconce, push the wires into the junction box carefully as begin to push the light fixture into place. Once the wall sonce is in place and properly lined up with the bracket mounted on the junction box, use one hand to grab the long screws. Gently fasten these into place. Make it tight but do not over do it. Nice work, you’re done.
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