Installing A Tough Switch In Attic

Do not install your box yet.

Installing a tough switch in attic.

Place the light switch near the entry for convenience and use a switch with a warning light that reminds you when the light is on. Determine where you will be installing your pull chain light fixture. What i was commenting on was the extension cord in the attic. This is a video on how i installed an attic light in the house attic space.

Loading ubiquiti community ubiquiti community. Install a hard wired light fixture. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper. Instead of adding just a light.

The reason i don t like extension cords is in my second comment. Step 3 run the wire. If it is a drywall ceiling then cut out a circle using your drywall saw. It currently has one pull string light that has power running in it and out to a wall socket.

Step 2 prepare the installation location. I demonstrate the light install process including installing a new rough in elect. I have a little experience in electrical work. Attics often have electrical cabling running through them so an electrician or experienced diyer can easily tap into an existing circuit.

I would like to add a second light and a wall switch for both lights. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only. Less than 30 i needed a light desperately so i could see while moving around in the attic. Wherever that extension cord is connected to power you could extend that circuit from there to the poe and then connect the poe.

And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location.