How to Wire Halogen Light Fixtures
- 1). Make sure the power is off to the fixture before making connections.
- 2). Remove about 6 inches of sheathing from the house wire by cutting around the circumference with a utility knife. Be sure not to cut into the plastic casings of the enclosed wires. Pull the sheathing off with pliers.
- 3). Remove about 1/2 inch of casing from the ends of the black-and-white wires with a splicing tool.
- 4). Hold the white wire from the house wire together with the white wire from the fixture so that the ends are parallel. Twist them together clockwise with pliers until they are securely connected. Screw on a wire cap, making sure that no bare wire shows outside the cap.
- 5). Repeat step 4 with the black wires.
- 6). Twist the ground wires together and, if the house electrical box is metal, attach these to the grounding nut in the box.
- 7). Screw the adapter plate that came with the fixture into the electrical box. Mount the fixture by attaching it to the adaptor plate with the screws that are provided.
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