I mean it s just two little wires right.
Hard wire shop lights that have a wall plug in.
We are going to replace them.
Examine the existing wiring.
It s a great feeling.
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On clear cords they are hard to see but if you run your fingernail over them you can feel them.
And at 50 each i thought they were a steal but we did not have wiring in the spots where i wanted to hang them.
You too can have this feeling if you wire outdoor lights to an interior light switch.
One wire will be smooth on the side and the other wire will have ribs.
You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet.
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You don t have to do a major wiring job.
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I have 2 hardwired lights above my mantle.
There are two wiring options.
The ribbed wire is the neutral wire and the smooth wire is the hot wire.
One white one black and one copper.
Usually you will see 3 wires coming from the box.
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You will also need a screwdriver twist on wire connectors aka wire nuts or marrettes and electrical tape.
The lights i like and can afford are plug in wall lights ikea lowe s home depot.
Usually a plug in fixture will not have a ground wire so you will not need this wire.
The other is wire it to an exterior outlet with a transformer.
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But what about the ground.
Flipping a light switch and watching your yard brighten that is.
Strip the casing off of the ends of the wires about 1 2 using wire strippers.
The metal plate i got is what will attach to the wall to keep the wires separate from the wall as they are not buried in a box like most hard wired light fixtures would be.
Rather than open up and rewire the wall because if i m being honest i might will almost definitely rearrange the room sometime and not want sconces there i decided to covert the hard wired lights into plug ins.
And i ve got a step by step tutorial for you too.
In all fairness i wasn t sure if it was safe to convert a plug in light to a hardwired light.
Got a lamp you love but no pre wired light box in the wall or ceiling where you d like to hang it.
Normally that would have been that but alas hobby lobby had lighting lamps on sale for 50 off.
Plug in lights don t have grounds so would it even work.
The copper wire is the ground wire and should be capped and wrapped around a screw in the lightbox.