How To Install Wall Sconces Lights

The sconces also come with a plug and i just stored those away in case i get another wild hair.

How to install wall sconces lights.

For control over your lighting scheme put sconces on a dimmer switch. Now to make your sconce useful you need to attach the puck light into your shade. Select the location to install your sconce. Screwdrivers flat head and phillips head light fixture.

Install the batteries inside the battery operated puck lights. Level it as needed. Keeping 6 feet between each wall sconce in a long hallway or down a long staircase will ensure that light fills the entire stretch with no awkward gaps. Plug in sconces attach to a wall but have an extension cord that must plug into a wall outlet.

This tutorial assumes that you will have circuit wires run to the location for the wall sconce lighting fixture by a licensed electrician but that you will be installing the electrical box and connecting the wires to the light fixture yourself. Install a wall sconce light fixture instructions. In addition select a location for the light switch. Turn on the lights you will be working on.

Ideally the switch should be next to the room s other switches. If you want each sconce to operate independently such as for reading in bed then an on off switch in the fixture is the way to go. Remove any shade or globe on the sconce then remove the light bulb. Mark the location you want to install the sconce at on the wall with a pencil.

Use the general 6 foot rule when placing wall sconces in hallways. Mount the sconce in place using brackets and screws by using inserts or mounting directly onto a stud. To install a wall mounted light you ll use a ceiling box and wire just as you would for a ceiling light. Attach the fixture to the bracket.

Shut off the power to your light s at your circuit breaker. On average it should take about three hours to run cable install a switch and mount two wall sconces. Before you begin make sure you know how to strip splice and connect wires how to install electrical boxes and how to run cable through walls and ceilings. Most sconces mount with a center stud so you can level the fixture even if the box is not level.

Install 66 72 inches from the floor depending on ceiling height. Keep in mind that the ideal height for a wall sconce is 72 inches from the floor. Then follow these step by. Make sure your electrician understand where you want the light fixture when you instruct them.

Use a non contact circuit tester to check the wires for power. Wall sconces offer a fix for staircases and hallways that need more even lighting. I installed the sconce to the mounting bracket as you normally would and voila you have a useless sconce attached to your wall. They re much easier and less expensive to install than hard wired sconces but the trade off is that the cord hangs down and is visible.