is there an easy way to run your wire from light to light under the soffit without cutting it? Suggestions for wire?
54731
No - if you mean cut the wire. If your mean cutting the soffit - you can "fish" wire from one light to the next with a fish tape or "glow" stick rod without cutting soffit except for the holes for the can. This is a line voltage device, so wire size is determined by the amperage of the circuit as required by the electrical code - 12g/14g wire for 20amp/15amp circuits respectively.
1071785
I just used the sticky backing to put on the lights and zip ties to run the wires it took me less than 10 min and you can't see the wires only the lights .try them these were the cheapest I could find and they work!not much to set up first wire job I have ever done so I'm sure you can do it to
793944
I am sure you could do that. The plug on it is just a basic plug with a power switch. The patterns are controlled with a button on the light it's self. Just use caution and make sure you know for sure what wire is hot and ground
1118687
That is exactly what we did. We had a very old wall sconce, removed it and hard wired this light. Works great no problem at all.
712524
The wires that I installed were almost all above ground on a fence, with the exception of running the wires underground by the various gates in the fence around my backyard. So, im not really sure how to, process of elimination I guess?
1559810
E/C is where you connect the light too. I ran a electrical wire from one of my electrical box's at the end of the run, this way you can add another light.
1967306
I didn't install the fixture - an electrician handled that task as part of new house construction. The fixture hangs about 3 feet from the soffit.
1198646
Yes, that is what we did to avoid ripping out the ceiling. The installing electrician wired it hot to the fixture, so we had a couple of arcs getting it out, but the 'guts' are a direct replacement.
1839015
I have a run that long and it works. I also have a run shorter than that and it occasionally has RF interference. An important factor when running the wire is to keep as far as possible from sources of RF. This will be electric wires, dimmers, and switches primarily but if you can keep the run away from CATV, that would be good too.
265966
First, the unit won't operate unless you have an active ground connection. The instructions are poor in that they don't show the complete circuit to the light. Basically, run your power cable through the switch box to the light fixture; the black wires of the switch will be spliced into the black "hot" wire of the cable; the green wire of the switch will be connected to (but not interrupt) the ground wires of the cable. The white "neutral" wire will run only to the light - bad design in my opinion, because the switch uses ground instead of neutral to complete its control circuit, but apparently it meets electrical code or could not be marketed.
432370
You could simply open it up and snip the wire to the LED. Its an easy and quick.
1566523
Yes you can, I removed some old fluorescent fixtures just leaving a white black and neutral wire. I think connected these new fixtures, they worked really well, I bought more
1567567
it's very simple to wire using test light. i wired mine in 10 minutes, but the item only worked for about a month and quit. the soldering on the inside is not very good and will come loose and stop working. at least mine did anyway.
53614
The light and the harness both have bare wire ends so just use an inline connector and a pair of crimpers to splice them. You could also use a wire nut if you want but the inline connector will allow the wire to remain in a straight line.
2185949
I suspect the easiest way to handle this would be to simply replace the switch that operates that socket/lighting circuit with an insteon switch, then link the motion detector with your new Insteon switch to control power to the socket. Another option would be to use part #2443-222 (micro on/off module) wired into the electrical box behind your bulb socket. The micro on/off module has a sense lead also, so when wired correctly you could still use your existing on/off switch to turn the socket on & off as well. If you go this route though, you will need to make sure you have both hot, neutral & the 3rd wire coming from your wall switch all in the box. Often lighting fixtures will only have 2 wires running to them, which would not work for this scenario.
1160412
Good evening Surya. This item comes with cut out squares for your wires. I was able to cut right through it and follow the lines with. A simple box cutter.
826767
Oh, no worries--hooks up just like a regular light does--one hole with the wires coming thru and easy peasy to do if you already have an existing fixture--just label the wires with masking tape where they were and were they go, if they are not modern color coded. It really is beautiful--just takes time to put the crystals onto the drop downs--not complicated, just time consuming, but sooooo worth it in the end :0)