Wiring Porch Light Fixture

Low voltage light fixtures luminaires must be no closer than 5 feet away from the outside walls of pools spas or hot tubs.

Wiring porch light fixture.

However it s likely that the light fixture was mounted in the middle of a stud cavity which makes mounting a box that can support the weight of the fixture more difficult. Make sure the power source is turned off. Light fixtures with more than one lamp may have a pair of black and white wires for each lamp. Splice the white lead to white wire and black to black.

Wire the switch install a bulb and test. Exterior light fixtures do not require gfci protection. Electrical wiring at the light fixture is typically made by connecting together the wires of the same color which are commonly black white and the bare ground wire or green ground wire. Some wiring may vary however this is the most common wiring scenario for a 120 volt light fixture.

Fold the wires into the box and install the fixture onto the mounting bolts. Low voltage lighting systems must be listed by an approved testing agency as an entire system or assembled from individual components that are listed. Support the fixture with a wire coat hanger.