How To Add Another Attic Light

This is a video on how i installed an attic light in the house attic space.

How to add another attic light.

Try to place the switch box close to another light circuit which will make creating a circuit for the attic light easier. To do this you need to make pigtails in the wires to split the electrical path. Just inside the entrance to the attic is ideal. To find out first shut off the power to the switch at the main electrical panel.

I demonstrate the light install process including installing a new rough in elect. When you re adding a light to a circuit you use a technique called daisy chain wiring. This technique connects the fixtures in parallel which guarantees that each light will stay on if the other one burns out. Not all electrical boxes with a light switch in them contain the necessary ground hot and neutral conductors.

Ceiling receptacle lamp holder with pull chain http amzn to 2dqr12e romex 14 2 wire 25ft http amzn to 2dqqvbo ceiling box http amzn to 2dqqxtk wire. After that run a second wire from the other side to where the light will hang. Run the end of an electrical wire into one side of the box. If you think a room in your house is too dark you may want to add an additional wall light fixture.