How To Add A Light Fixture To A Closet

Throw the old light away.

How to add a light fixture to a closet. I decided to add a switch to the light fixture. Drill a second hole in the ceiling where you want your light fixture to go. The light in the closet was a pull chain. The closet light and switch cannot be extended from the current switch.

Adding closet light fixtures is however regarded as best practice by many builders and electricians and properly installed closet light fixtures are will appeal to future home buyers. If you can run a two wire cable from the fixture to the closet switch and then to the closet fixture the setup is simple. If you have children you know that nothing is more irresistible than a dangling rope that turns a light on and off and on and off and on until the chain breaks. Add a new hard wired fixture.

The best closet lighting will be provided by a fixture wired into an electrical circuit. Feed one of the 14 gauge wires through the hole and make the electrical connections to the light fixture using pliers and wire nuts. Then i moved on to the lighting situation. You may have to add some metal cross bar frames to the closet dry wall in order to keep it secure.

Cut out a square hole in the closet drywall using a jab saw. Install a fluorescent fixture then run a switch to outside the closet for maximum convenience. Switch controlled light and outlet is best practice for walk in closets. Install the frame for your new closet light.

Step 2 add the new light. Add ribbon lighting above closet rod running recessed ribbon lighting above clothes along the length of the closet rod will create brightness at both ends which is often lacking in most spaces.