Installing height adjustable pendant lights | step by step diy

In this video I install height adjustable pendant lights over the island in my basement bar.
They turned out great and it's definitely satisfying to see the payoff from all of the planning I put in to the layout of the lights and wiring during the construction phase earlier.
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Links to the pendants and bulbs:
- Pendant lights I used: amzn.to/3FXUsyE
- LED Edison bulbs I used: amzn.to/3434K2u

[@ihychris]

Detailed instructional video. It gave me the confidence to install the pendant lights over my kitchen island and they look amazing. Thanks again for a great video.

[@PlatoonGarage]

Glad it was helpful 👍

[@tiffanyperez3813]

Nice job! Waiting for the finished basement 😊

[@VictoriasFolly]

Brilliant! Looks grand!👏👏

[@NinaHProductions1]

Thank you so much for your video - really well done video and everything has been explained really well too

[@PlatoonGarage]

Thanks very much!

[@kashyappatel5310]

Thank you made it look really easy

[@mikimiki195]

You did great job

[@PlatoonGarage]

Thanks, I think it turned out nice

[@godzillaresurrection8986]

Nice work, will come in handy soon

[@PlatoonGarage]

Thanks, good luck on yours

[@Fernando.Vivanco]

Nice man, I have to do the same thing plus extending the light from another one over the ceiling. For that I will use an electrician but this step seems really easy. You explained it well, I didn't know you could just cut the cable above. Check out buster and punch pendant lights, pretty sweet.

[@PlatoonGarage]

I'll definitely check those lights out. Thanks 👍

[@Robert-cn9pe]

Nice video very helpful! What is the purpose of the green screw? I have that too on mine but noticed you didnt wrap any of the ground cables around the screw and just left it there?

[@PlatoonGarage]

Thanks for watching. The green screw is for the ground. Since I attached the ground to the wires in the ceiling I didn't need to use that screw

[@Robert-cn9pe]

@PlatoonGarage I just did what you did In the video and just set up one of my island lights for the first time. It looks good and working. Onto the second light now, the junction box looks different..there's 2 black wires, 2 white wires and 1 ground cable coming from the ceiling. The first one only had 1 of each. I'm stumped again

[@PlatoonGarage]

@@Robert-cn9pe hard to say without looking at it. Was there ever a light hanging there before? Or was it just a rough in? It's possible that the 2 black, 2 white are just the wires passing through from one box to the next, and if that's the case put color to color and it should work

[@Robert-cn9pe]

Yes it was a rough in. I did what you said and matched the colors still. It worked! Thanks you 🙏 feeling more confident now

[@ElsaAndAnnie]

Good instructional video. Is that ceiling socket is standard? I wanted to know how you installed the bracket into the socket. Didn’t see it in you videos. I have a situation where heavy glass pendent lights to be installed. Professionals quote $600/- to install two pendent lights. Not sure if this is a DIY project or professional installation is necessary

[@PlatoonGarage]

The electrical box that my pendants are mounted to are standard plastic boxes. There are different kinds and depending on what you have installed, they may or may not support heavy weights. The ones I installed are plastic box mounted to a metal rail that mounts between the joists and according to the manufacturer, they can support up to 50 lbs. But I wouldn't put nearly that amount of weight on one of these. My pendants are less than 2 lbs each

[@ElsaAndAnnie]

@@PlatoonGarage, thanks. I will try installing heavy duty bracket (I guess stand junction box is good in newer homes especially).

[@PlatoonGarage]

@@ElsaAndAnnie There are also options to install blocking between joists and have boxes that are designed to take heavy weight (think ceiling fan). Your electrician might have more details if you ask for them

[@ElsaAndAnnie]

@@PlatoonGarage Thanks. Materials $500/- installation $600/- if I use an electrician. That’s ridiculous imo.

[@PlatoonGarage]

@@ElsaAndAnnie So $1100 to install 2 pendants? I agree that's pretty expensive

[@billybenden4431]

Do the pendant lights get installed directly go in the middle of the island?

[@PlatoonGarage]

Not sure I understand your question, the pendants get spaced over the island wherever you want them to go

[@ChapinGuapo]

WHAT SPACING DID YOU USE BETWEEN THE LIGHTS?

[@PlatoonGarage]

When I mounted the electrical boxes in the ceiling I measured the width of the island and did some calculations to space them evenly, I can't recall the exact space between, but it's roughly 2 feet apart

[@edwardfersch9661]

Good job! I’m worried about standing on my quartz counter top…

[@PlatoonGarage]

Thanks. No need to worry if the counters were installed properly you're good, that quartz material is very strong

[@minigiant8998]

i am, too. im hella scared.

[@JuninhoCwalk]

I didn’t get the part of the ground wires, can you be more specific? Thank you!

[@PlatoonGarage]

Did you watch the video? I go over the ground wiring very specifically in the video towards the end

[@JuninhoCwalk]

I did, but I’m not native and I almost get that.

[@PlatoonGarage]

Ground wire from pendant wiring and the ground that is attached to the pendant base get wire-nutted to the ground in your Romex wiring

[@JuninhoCwalk]

@@PlatoonGarage thank you so much!

[@Jayl__]

you're allowed to stand over your kitchen counters? I thought it's not recommended to stand on...

[@PlatoonGarage]

As long as your wife doesn't catch you, 😉

[@ess7488]

a tv over kitchen sink lol

[@Lanita111]

the outlet is gfci protected