DIY Electronics
How to change a light socket
If you want to change your light socket you don’t have to call out an electrician, in fact it’s a job you can do yourself as long as you take the right precautions. There are a couple of things you need for this DIY job:
Things You’ll Need
Step Ladder
Screw Drivers
Wrench
Before you start make sure you turn off the electricity from you breaker box otherwise you will get a nasty shock. Make sure you check the switches to fully make sure its switched off, also make sure no one else will turn it back on until you are finished.
Using the step ladder to stand on remove the encasement from the socket and put it aside, also retrieve the light bulb too for extra safety. Depending on what you need, use either the screw driver or the wench to unfasten the light socket from the ceiling. It will be un-hooked when the socket is dangling by wires. Just in case write down how the wires go together.
To remove the socket completely un-hook the wires from each other and keep the wire nuts if any because you can use these for the new socket.
No fit the new socket by attaching it the opposite way you took the old one off, make sure you attach all the wires and before you attach it to the ceiling you can pop in a bulb turn the power on and check that it works. Then turn the power off again and take out the bulb, now you can attach the socket to the ceiling, then reinsert the light bulb and put on the new casing if any.
Once you have completed the final steps you can then put the power back on for one final check to make sure the light now works.
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