Wiring Porch Light Fixture

Splice the white lead to white wire and black to black.

Wiring porch light fixture.

Caulk around the base. Fold the wires into the box and install the fixture onto the mounting bolts. Electrical wiring at the light fixture is typically made by connecting together the wires of the same color which are commonly black white and the bare ground wire or green ground wire. Make sure the power source is turned off.

However it s likely that the light fixture was mounted in the middle of a stud cavity which makes mounting a box that can support the weight of the fixture more difficult. These connect to the black and white wires in the electrical box with the provided larger wire nuts. Exterior light fixtures do not require gfci protection. Low voltage light fixtures luminaires must be no closer than 5 feet away from the outside walls of pools spas or hot tubs.

Light fixtures with more than one lamp may have a pair of black and white wires for each lamp. Support the fixture with a wire coat hanger. Several types of remodeling boxes can do the job but we recommend a 2 x 3 in metal remodeling box that s 2 1 2 in deep for fixtures up to about 6 lbs.