Old Bathroom Light Has Several Wires From Wall

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Old bathroom light has several wires from wall.

There may also be small screws on the sides of the light holding it to the mounting plate. Split off the small pieces of lath behind. You have essentially created two separate circuits within the connection box. Coming out of the ceiling there are 2 cables and in each are a red black and yellow green cables 6 in total and the light that i have bought to go up there has access for a blue and a brown wire.

I bought a light for my son s bedroom but when i detached the old light i found to my horror 6 wires rather than the expected 2. If all is safe remove one wire nut at a time separate the wires and screw the wire nut back on the wall side. Once the light is separated from the base check all wires for voltage. Connect the white wires the ground wires the black wires and the red wires together.

Pauwer 2 light bathroom vanity light industrial metal wire cage wall sconce edison vintage wall light fixture for bathroom 2 light vanity light 4 6 out of 5 stars 312 33 99 33. Twist all of the black wires from the light bar together with the black wire from the wall switch and connect the ends using a wire nut. If you are at the junction box that is in the wall where the old light fixture was then there should be only 2 wires that the old fixture was fastened to. Remodeling boxes have internal clamps for the wires.

Push the old house wiring through these clamps and work them farther in as you insert the box into the wall. Remove any screws holding the light base to the wall. My old bathroom light fixture had 2 screws that mounted it directly to the wall one on each side of the hole for the wires. My new light fixture has a bracket but exepcts that the bracket can be screwed to the wall box on the top and bottom leaving the side bars open for the fixture screws.