How To Change A Hardwired Lamp To A Plug In

On this plate there is a little gap where the cord for the plug can hang through once you have attached it all to the wall so it won t be wobbly.

How to change a hardwired lamp to a plug in.

Repeat this process with the wire and screw on the other side of the plug. Lamp cord with switch any old extension cord could work too if you just cut off the female end but these are wonderful because they have a switch on the cord optional paintable cord cover. Close the plug casing and tighten the screw closed. Plug the light in and make sure that it works.

How to convert a hard wire light fixture into a plug in. Optional add a switch lamp cord. Your light fixture likely has three wires two of these are what you will wire to the plug and the third is a copper ground wire. They are way more customizable too and it only takes about 5 minutes to transform the fixture.

You can simply re wire the lamp with an extension cord and plug it into an available wall outlet. The female end is the plug in side where another plug is inserted. I have basic wiring skills but i am not a certified electrician. I decided to talk to my electrician and found out that most new plug in lights are self grounding.

I have a whole round up of great hardwired lights ranging from 25 50. You don t have to do a major wiring job. Got a lamp you love but no pre wired light box in the wall or ceiling where you d like to hang it. One major benefit of turning a plug in light into a hardwired one is that a plug in is often far cheaper than a ready to go hardwired one.

How to change a hard wire light fixture into a plug in. In this video i show you how simple and easy it is to convert a hard wired wall sconce into a pluggable light fixture. Plug in lights don t have grounds so would it even work. This project is.

Make sure the wires are lined up in the slot at the bottom of the plug. He told me the big end of the plug is black and the small end is white. Prepare your light fixture and gather your supplies. Remove the female end of the extension cord using wire cutters.