Hard Wire Shop Lights That Have A Wall Plug In

You don t have to do a major wiring job.

Hard wire shop lights that have a wall plug in.

The lights i like and can afford are plug in wall lights ikea lowe s home depot. One wire will be smooth on the side and the other wire will have ribs. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Normally that would have been that but alas hobby lobby had lighting lamps on sale for 50 off.

On clear cords they are hard to see but if you run your fingernail over them you can feel them. Hyperikon 40 watt frosted cover integrated. Usually a plug in fixture will not have a ground wire so you will not need this wire. 40 for a light.

The ribbed wire is the neutral wire and the smooth wire is the hot wire. I mean it s just two little wires right. It s a great feeling. But what about the ground.

The other is wire it to an exterior outlet with a transformer. One white one black and one copper. In all fairness i wasn t sure if it was safe to convert a plug in light to a hardwired light. One is to hardwire the lights to the switch itself.

The copper wire is the ground wire and should be capped and wrapped around a screw in the lightbox. 80 watt integrated led black shop light model led sg24 79 00. You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet. 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. Flipping a light switch and watching your yard brighten that is. Amax lighting 24 5 in. Save 65 00 45 79 00.

You will also need a screwdriver twist on wire connectors aka wire nuts or marrettes and electrical tape. We are going to replace them. Got a lamp you love but no pre wired light box in the wall or ceiling where you d like to hang it. Save 65 00 45 free delivery.

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. There are two wiring options. And i ve got a step by step tutorial for you too. I have 2 hardwired lights above my mantle.

Examine the existing wiring. You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet. Plug in lights don t have grounds so would it even work.