Do you have to get an electrician to wire this thing up?
1737171
Yes, you will need someone with an electricians background to connect the electrical leads to the existing home wiring.
1737172
That depends on the regulations in your area. Maybe ask your local building inspector. My experience was that the connector for the Kidde smoke detector that was already there did not work well with this unit. There were false alarms. It worked well after the correct connector was wired in, but it does not trigger the other Kidde detectors in the house.
560007
No. The electrician used his own kit. It was around 38 or 40 dollars. It was some universal kit.
65569
The unit does need to be hard wired. A licensed electrician is highly recommended, and required in many jurisdictions.
2217631
No...you just need to have the one electrical hook up where you had it...love the light.
952806
The one I received did not, but you could probably wire it that way with some basic electrical knowledge.
163421
Yes, if you can find an electrician that will do it for you, unless you can yourself.
1151970
We plug an extension chord into it and plug it into the garage. I'm sure you could probably have an electrician hard wire it but that was more than we needed.
588952
Yes. An electrician should be able to do that for you easily. They remove the cord, attach it to the wall & wire it to an electrical box they put in your wall.
2003451
Nope, this is all ya need. I had an electrician mount it and put a new outlet, so I can plug directly to it
1572472
You should ask an electrician why it needs one, but I know it won't work without it being grounded.
1935715
Yes you just have to wire it and do the adjustments to set it up and you're good to go.
2055763
No it does not come with any wiring - you will have to procure your own wiring.material.
239868
You have to wire it in, but you could place a plug on the wires and do it that way.
116136
No, it was set up to wire directly into an electrical box. Hope this helps.
105055
An electrician would be helpful. It is hard wired and not just a plug in. My step dad is an electrician and said it is very simple so its not a big ordeal.
1785382
You have to wire it yourself. It only comes with the three wires. It will not plug in until you wire it up with a plug.
552445
We had ours installed by a professional. I am not sure about the wiring because we let our AC professional handle all of it.