How To Change A Hardwired Lamp To A Plug In

How to convert a hard wire light fixture into a plug in.

How to change a hardwired lamp to a plug in. You can see this one in place hanging from the ceiling here. The female end is the plug in side where another plug is inserted. I have a whole round up of great hardwired lights ranging from 25 50. This project is.

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. You don t have to do a major wiring job. 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. Make sure the wires are lined up in the slot at the bottom of the plug.

Tighten the screw in the plug. Lamp cord with switch any old extension cord could work too if you just cut off the female end but these are wonderful because they have a switch on the cord optional paintable cord cover. Close the plug casing and tighten the screw closed. Even better the switch that would be controlling the light was on a 5 switch box so the whole box is grounded.

Repeat this process with the wire and screw on the other side of the plug. Prepare your light fixture and gather your supplies. He told me the big end of the plug is black and the small end is white. I decided to talk to my electrician and found out that most new plug in lights are self grounding.

Got a lamp you love but no pre wired light box in the wall or ceiling where you d like to hang it. Remove the female end of the extension cord using wire cutters. They are way more customizable too and it only takes about 5 minutes to transform the fixture. Plug the light in and make sure that it works.

Plug in lights don t have grounds so would it even work. I have basic wiring skills but i am not a certified electrician. You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet. How to change a hard wire light fixture into a plug in.