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Kitchen Recessed Lighting Installation

Bob shows the lighting layout for the kitchen and how it will integrate into the ceiling. The electrician, Steve Bradley, explains that the high-hat boxes can have insulation right up next to them because they have a thermal overload to detect heat to turn off the light if it gets too hot. Steve then shows Bob how to install the light fixture from the mounting to the wiring to the bulb.

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Kitchen Recessed Lighting Installation

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" In the kitchen is one area that you can't have too many lights I think. And you'll notice that we've got all these steel boxes hanging from the ceiling corresponding to the work areas there's an L shaped counter behind me here and there's an island. In the center of the kitchen which will have what -- reality the this week I had flown -- Okay and the ceiling above us is just below that deck that stop the master bedroom so that there will be insulation. And yet the -- debate now you can bring the installation right after the yet to track. That's correct it's that they're below the lord protector located in the top housing. But the a fixture -- to -- heat. An excessive heat clocked at them well below to trip opera is that. The only thing if you can't be -- be replaced by a licensed electrician if it is an offer fire safety net off a five. And how big a light bulb can you put it -- this fixture holds a 100 watt. Respect reflective -- Okay and then of course you have a trim kit that goes in there. So that -- in the ceiling what you're really looking at at the white house with that bulb in it. Back right and you got you right had a ball that's correct gets excited decorative feature fixed. Now. What about the good part how do you install one of these. Well with the mounting brackets we have a piece of EU we usually wire right up on the latter. People off the cap of the housing. We have not half inch nails -- pops right out. -- And then this of course is the Romex and why don't we review what we've got here what's coming out of there we have black and white and copper we have more than one fixture on the on the switch legs so you have a feed in and a feed out next fixture yeah the black is your hot leg. -- The daylight -- ground. Now when you're connecting it which one do you connect first -- which connect the ground first then neutral Polly Klaas why. Safety yeah it just in case someone accidentally liven up this there it elected and what about if you're disconnecting a fixture to change it read various seal order and disconnect black first then -- round -- OK well what about the mounting and mounting -- you have an enclave wanting brackets slide right -- You want me -- what with the L facing out fleet. Absent. And these of course will bite right into the edges. Ceiling strapping and strapping. If you will slide this last when you're. He's going to little wiggle it -- So. Twice -- month -- this depression kicked it snaps in this afternoon. Line -- repeated. Making -- the ground -- so copper to copper. That. Talking to when he. That's you should always cut the excess off before you put the wires there. Yeah I want them mechanically sound before you actually but the -- The holding itself together and even without them. -- Plus we have this. -- And on the cover. It's. Kept. Okay. And what now what now I've already mentioned -- much for the center of fiction. Take it. Sitting here. These folks in the center of the circle. It's. Insure that the bulbs -- and the box. That's correct. You're able to -- extend. Action hopefully just. It's definitely it. And you also have to drive some screws and don't hear he had sick from yeah."

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