Wiring Porch Light Fixture

Low voltage lighting systems must be listed by an approved testing agency as an entire system or assembled from individual components that are listed.

Wiring porch light fixture.

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. Fold the wires into the box and install the fixture onto the mounting bolts. Some wiring may vary however this is the most common wiring scenario for a 120 volt light fixture.

Wire the switch install a bulb and test. Light fixtures with more than one lamp may have a pair of black and white wires for each lamp. Splice the white lead to white wire and black to black. 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. 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. These connect to the black and white wires in the electrical box with the provided larger wire nuts.