Turn a hardwire light, into a plug in

Turn a hardwire light, into a plug in

[@mommyj6586]

It really does matter which way you wire to the plug. You can get shocked. On the fixture the neutral wire is white, and the black is live. Neutral wires on plugs usually have a ribbing on the side, running the length of the entire wire (they are very small) The live wire is smooth on the side. If you feel both wires horizontally on the plug, you can feel the ribbing/difference So ribbed to white smooth to black. Hope this helps. 😊

[@ItsMeHello555]

Thank you for this!

[@tonyhoang9431]

Thank you for the information, exactly what I was looking for

[@pistachoo.]

I'm also assuming the grounding wire will be wound around the metal bracket (1:25) _and also attached to something aside from the wood headboard,_ else it's not actually grounded...

[@nok1323]

Great video! Clear and precise without a lot of unnecessary talk. Very helpful. Thank you!

[@dianapearson1771]

MAKE SURE YOU WIRE THE CORRECT WIRES TOGETHER!!! THEIR IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE NEUTRAL AND HOT WIRES. HOPE SHR DIDN'T GET SHOCKED OR CAUSR A SHORT!!!

[@grantcain9717]

Great video for one reason. You didn’t BS. Good info & straight to the point. And yes, links and shooting horizontal is always better but still great job.

[@Janet8925]

Great job! Love the headboard. Awesome idea. That's what I thought about adding the plug in. Glad I watched first because I need a cord with the switch on the wire to turn it on and off. Instead of plugging and unplugging it. Thanks. Great video!

[@marthamichel2315]

Super easy and short video...right to the point. Thank you!

[@mike7444]

it definitely matters which one you connect to each wire. Please do some research before spreading dangerous information online. I am sure you're a good person and wouldn't want to find out someone has been shocked after watching your video.

[@Wodz30]

As Janet said "Glad I watched first because I need a cord with the switch on the wire to turn it on and off" exactly the same for me. Thanks for the video!

[@MichaelPhillipsDesigns]

when screwing on a wire nut, you should continue turning it allowing the two (or three) wires to twist around each other. This is the proper way so that the wires attached don't get separated and cause major issues down the road.

[@kristinlee9485]

I don't understand why you say it doesn't matter which wires you connect the positive or negative. Shouldn't you connect positive with positive, and negative with negative? The other videos on KZbin say this

[@billd.8336]

She did it wrong! She totally ignored the polarity of the wires. The plastic insulation on the cord has stripe projections to indicate the common (cold) side that must be connected to the white fixture wire with the other end being connected to the wide prong on the plug. The hot side of the cord is switched and is connected to the black fixture wire. The non-striped wire is switched to completely remove power to the fixture when off. You don't want to reverse these because the shell of the socket must not be electrically live when you remove a failed lamp if you should happen to touch the lamp threading.

[@ijmatai]

Your ground wire should be connected to ground plug, seems your plug has no ground, you did nothing by connecting the fixture ground wire to bracket, please make sure what you are doing if this is for outdoor

[@evanov1046]

Where should the ground wire go then?

[@pistachoo.]

@@evanov1046 the metal box, if hard wired, or the ground wire in a three-wire/three-pronged plug

[@alexmoore9720]

Why doesn't it matter which cable attaches to which? Wouldn't it short out or something if the lightbulb had positive to negative and negative to positive?

[@elementsoftouchtherapeutic5054]

A year late, lol. But yes there is a positive and negative on the wire. If you look at a lamp cord, one side is smooth the other is rough or has a “groove” on the outer edge of it. One side it hit the other not.

[@KB-sm4us]

1. Please don't plug this in with the exposed wires dangling to your wrist like that. Very dangerous. 2. This was not actually grounded the way you did it. A bit of a fire hazard. 3. This would need a fixture box behind the fixture on the wall to be safe and to code. Please do a little research and consider adding some safety notes in your video before someone hurts themselves.

[@robertd9850]

You do not want to connect the lamp directly to the headboard. The headboard should have an electrical gang box attached and the light attached to that. For aesthetics, you'd probably want to cut a hole in the headboard with a jigsaw so the gang box is recessed. And you'd want to use the plastic boxes, not the metal. This installation is a housefire waiting to happen.

[@joseph-the-seventh]

Can someone explain why it doesn't matter which wire connects to black vs white? I thought they were positive / negative?

[@doingstuff2505]

There's no positive or negative in the house it's direct current the power goes in one side and out the other and keeps going on to the next Outlet

[@emilys3638]

It actually matters a lot! If it's done incorrectly it can cause electric shock.

[@user-wp1ko4xt4d]

what should I attach the ground wire too if I don’t have a metal piece like that? I’m doing this to a 3-light vanity bar from Lowe’s. It does have a screw sticking out. Would that be it?

[@shugie]

how did you attach the door to the wall and hide hardware? Thanks, good video.

[@heiditiredmommyartist4423]

Aweome! First video that came up when I looked up converting to 🔌

[@lindawallace1002]

Well done u made that very easy to do, I thank you

[@ajw148]

Awe shoot. I thought this would be harder than that. Thank you.

[@damarissanchez9040]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@esthertchan]

This is very helpful. Thank you !

[@tammystewart797]

Such a good tutorial 👌

[@montgomery9140]

Very creative, awesome job!

[@angelikapadunan3010]

Could you show how you would wall mount that? I bought a wall scone that was hardwired but was turned into plug in per my request and they used the same tool as what you’re holding. I’m just confused how to install it on my wall. (Sorry- newbie here!)

[@Natashea]

Thank you I really needed this

[@austyntester1894]

Love this! Helped me out so much

[@MagicPlants]

Forgot to check polarity, it def matters which side

[@dawnengaas8834]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@kittyboo2121]

Very cool idea!

[@maiwong4333]

I just tried changing my pendant chandelier into a three prong plug-in, but it didn’t work. What am I doing wrong?

[@ruthwodarcyk5808]

Mai Wong I’m not expert but are your wires making a good connection? Check to see? If you used wire nuts sometimes they can not be connected! Other than that, just make sure your hooking up all of the right wires together. I’m gonna guess you just don’t have a good connection!?!?

[@Hhhhhgggihgdd]

Did you figure it out ?

[@mikea3552]

Could you please provide the link of the on/off switch you used? Thanks :)

[@geoff3379]

Thankyou

[@macipedia]

Amazing!!

[@jonsimas7972]

Very nice and that is awesome