Change Can Light To Fixture

Remove the trim ring from the fixture.

Change can light to fixture.

Turn off the wall switch for that light too. First loosen the hardware holding your fixture into place image 1. Three sets of wires each held together by a red wire connector. Transform your existing recessed lighting into a pendant or light fixture.

Leave existing socket in place. Leave the power off and label this circuit breaker for future reference. Turn on the light at the wall switch and check the light socket with a circuit tester to make sure the power is off. Install recessed fixture converter follow kit instructions to install converter.

It should come away from the wall or ceiling. A recessed light sometimes called a can light has both its housing and bulb recessed above the ceiling drywall. In a nutshell when you re installing a light fixture you re connecting three wires from the fixture to three wires installed in the ceiling then mounting the fixture hardware. Remove the old fixture light fixtures are generally attached to the electrical box using bolts or screws.

Hang any pendant or other light fixture of 50 lbs. Converting a standard ceiling light fixture to a recessed light involves removing the old fixture and its electrical box and installing the new recessed light usually in the same place. The mounting bracket has holes that go through to the channel brace and secures your fixture to the ceiling. Unscrew the three wires.

Add scene stealing drama to any space with a pendant light. If the circuits in your panel aren t labeled turn on the existing light and turn off the power to each circuit until the light goes out. Remove existing recessed fixture by twisting out light bulb turning and removing casing and releasing clips that hold recessed light shell to socket. That s about all there is to it.

Unscrew the light bulb. Some homes however aren t equipped for a pendant light. Luckily there s an easy fix. Place the cover plate over the can light opening and rotate it until it locks in place.

Make sure the mounting bracket holds the metal cover plate in place. Some fluorescent light fixtures are very large and if the ceiling was painted since the light was installed you have some ceiling repair work to do before you can install your new light fixture. Place the wall switches for the fixtures in the off position. Black white and copper.

They have recessed lighting fixtures instead.