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Convert ceiling light to plug uk.
You don t have to do a major wiring job.
You can convert a light fixture that is hard wired to a home s electrical system to a plug in with a moderate amount of effort.
Got a lamp you love but no pre wired light box in the wall or ceiling where you d like to hang it.
This will allow you to run a short cord from whatever you are mounting to the ceiling to the new ceiling electrical receptacle.
Prepare your light fixture and gather your supplies.
Wrap the hooked wire around one of the screws on the inside of the plug and tighten the screw.
The light fixture has a black or red wire which is a hot lead a white wire which is a neutral lead and sometimes a bare or copper wire which is a ground.
How to convert a hard wire light fixture into a plug in.
Undo the screw on the plug casing and open plug casing.
If it is only a two wire setup you can slide unstripped wires into a quick connect plug and clamp them in place.
Remove the female end of the extension cord using wire cutters.
Simply put can you buy a strip light designed to be wired into the ceiling and bung the wires into a plug instead and then use it as a plug in light.
You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet.
Look close to the area on the ceiling where you ve planned to hang your pendant.
The female end is the plug in side where another plug is inserted.
Hi can some one please help i have a wall light that should be wired in to the electrics but instead of the hastle of channeling the wires into the wall i want to convert it to a plug that i can just plug in the wall like a lamp is this possible there are just 2 wires coming from the light they are the same and look similar to door bell wire can someone tell me how to do this if its.
Attach a plug to the end of the lamp cord.
See below how to convert any fixture from a hard wire light into a plug in so you can use it anywhere.
Find the closest wall outlet.
Locate a stud in your ceiling using your stud finder.
Months ago i came across these gorgeous vintage looking industrial accordion sconces and i knew they would be perfect in my son s room especially on the diy plank wall we recently completed but unfortunately they were hard wire light.
If this is a three wire setup you will.
Install a threaded hook in the ceiling near the wall by this outlet as well as into the ceiling and the stud beneath.