How To Change A Hardwired Lamp To A Plug In

Plug the light in and make sure that it works.

How to change a hardwired lamp to a plug in.

Your light fixture likely has three wires two of these are what you will wire to the plug and the third is a copper ground wire. How to change a hard wire light fixture into a plug in. Remove the female end of the extension cord using wire cutters. Repeat this process with the wire and screw on the other side of the plug.

This project is. You don t have to do a major wiring job. Make sure the wires are lined up in the slot at the bottom of the plug. They are way more customizable too and it only takes about 5 minutes to transform the fixture.

How to convert a hard wire light fixture into a plug in. Tighten the screw in the plug. I decided to talk to my electrician and found out that most new plug in lights are self grounding. Optional add a switch lamp cord.

On this plate there is a little gap where the cord for the plug can hang through once you have attached it all to the wall so it won t be wobbly. In this video i show you how simple and easy it is to convert a hard wired wall sconce into a pluggable light fixture. You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet. Close the plug casing and tighten the screw closed.

The female end is the plug in side where another plug is inserted. I have basic wiring skills but i am not a certified electrician. Even better the switch that would be controlling the light was on a 5 switch box so the whole box is grounded. You can see this one in place hanging from the ceiling here.

Prepare your light fixture and gather your supplies. Plug in lights don t have grounds so would it even work. He told me the big end of the plug is black and the small end is white. I have a whole round up of great hardwired lights ranging from 25 50.