and welcome back to Moore Approved today we're going to be changing some outdoor light fixtures
the process for this is pretty simple and easy we're going to go over it step by step
so you have the confidence to do it yourself if you want to and for this project you're
going to need a phillips head screwdriver a flathead screwdriver a pair of wire strippers
a non-contact voltage sensor a pair of vice grips or pliers and a crescent wrench you'll
also need some silicone caulk to seal the fixture to the house and as always make sure you consult
a licensed electrician before starting this project improper installation could result
in property damage serious injury or worse first step is to turn the circuit breaker off and make
sure there's no power going to this then we're going to take out those two screws pull it out
just verify with a non-contact voltage sensor that there is no power going to the unit and get it out
of the way then we'll get the other one ready to put in place all right so we have two screws we
have one on this side we have one right on the other side i'm gonna start with this one first
they're pretty rusty so you may struggle with these a little bit but it shouldn't be too bad and
this is why we have a pair of pliers this screw does not want to come out because it's all rusted
that was easy now we'll take out the second screw this one's probably going to be a pain as well
but we shall see
that one's not moving anymore so to the pliers
so now that we have this out of the way we're going to check these wires and just make sure
that there is absolutely no power going through here turn on our voltage sensor
and we are clear let's go ahead and get this out of the way
and this one was hooked up improperly the earth ground wasn't even in place
so we're going to take out these two screws and then just go from there
all right
and you can see they just painted over all the wires and did not really care about anything
else uh we will need to get some caulking because obviously there were signs of water intrusion so
we will need to caulk the top and at least the sides to make sure water doesn't get in there
and cause any issues so this is going to have to be mounted this way there's no other option to it
so we just got to check make sure these wires don't have any any issues on it looks like just
paint over there there's no bare wire exposed we have to push that in a little bit and then
we're also going to have to clean this paint off of this ground wire to make sure that we have
an actual grounded unit and you want to make sure it's level you can also get a little level and
put it on there to make sure it's absolutely flush and perfect but what i'm going to do is
get it into place and then we can tighten it up afterwards right so we're going to use the same
screws because these are a little bit odd i want to make sure that this does not come loose so
since this is not a standard screw that would come with a fixture that i'm aware of
we're just going to put those back into place they look alright so let's go ahead and get one started
so that's just finger tight now we need to clean the paint off of this wire
now we're ready to put in the new light fixture there's usually a couple of bolts holding it
like a bottom globe or something on take those out of place it's going to be a lot easier to
mount this without all this weight on there and if you drop it you're going to have to
replace this bottom piece so on the back of this you're going to have your bare wire it's going
to go bare to bare make sure you get all that paint off of there before you attach these two
together we're also going to take a loop at this and put it underneath this ground screw right here
and then we're going to go black to black and white to white wire nuts on it and then we're
good to go so i'm going to start with the ground wire because this is actually going to help me
to hold this up it's going to take and wrap this ground wire around there at least once or twice
leave a little bit of space so you can get the end of this to the end of that go ahead and tighten
that down and then we'll go ahead put a wire nut on here make sure you have a nice twist on it
you're going to want that non-solid wire to be out just a little bit past
the solid wire tighten that down until it bottoms out get a little tug just make sure it's firmly
in place we'll go ahead and tuck that back make sure your wire nuts are facing up so if you do
potentially get water in there it's not going to sit inside the wire nuts so you'll want the
wire nuts to face up if you can especially for outdoor if it's like that and the water
gets in there that's just going to cause more problems so now we're going to do white to white
and same principle make sure this is twisted and you're going to have that stranded wire
just over the top of the solid wire tighten it down until it bottoms out
and that wire started twisting nice firm contact go ahead and put that in there now
we have our hot wire same principle make sure this is twisted put that up just slightly above
and go ahead and bottom that one out go ahead make sure those are all facing up
now we can go ahead and put the fixture into place so these are a little bit short so we're
going to have to extend out these two screws that are holding the fixture in place because
over on this side it's not clearing the surface so we'll just have to back those out a little
bit it's as simple as twisting it out and then you have this little nut back here just put
that into place we're gonna do the same thing over here we just need a little bit more space
there we go there should be plenty of space
so now we'll use the included little washer put that over that which i cannot see and then this
just tighten that into place
and we'll do the same thing on the other side washer first
so we'll go ahead and install the bulb after you get the bulb into place you can
go ahead and mount your globe back up wash it down first tighten that back into place
it should be pretty secure but i'm just going to keep a hand on it mount the second one back in
those are nice and tight not going anywhere we're all set just have to put a bead of
caulk around the top and the sides to make sure water doesn't get in and then we're good to go
so if you enjoy this style of video let me know in the comments down below did we
pick the right lights for this house are they completely wrong which ones
would you guys have gone with if you have any questions feel free to ask if
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