Track Lighting: Home Office Install (but can be used in almost any room) - Do It Yourself
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Lighting is a great way to accentuate certain features in a home. If you have a picture, painting or furniture you want to stand out, track lighting may be a good option. The best thing about track lighting is it allows homeowners to direct the lights anywhere they need them to go.
MATERIALS
-hack saw or jig saw (if making cuts)
-drill or screw driver
-dry wall screws
-screws
-tracks
-lights
-measuring tape
-pencil
-wire nuts
-square (if making cuts)
INSTALLATION
Before you begin your installation, make sure to turn off the circuit breaker. Once that’s done, you can start by removing the old light.
Then you’ll need to attach the cross bar, which is the mounting bracket that goes over the electrical outlet on the ceiling. Make sure the ground wire that’s attached to the cross bar is face down. Pull all three of the existing electrical wires through the center of the cross bar and then screw the cross bar to the outlet box.
Now, you’re ready to mark the ceiling for placement of the track. You can put the track anywhere you want. But if you’re using it to light up a picture, or if you want to direct the light against different walls, make sure the track is away from the wall. We put ours 16 inches from the wall. But again, all applications are different.
If you are using several tracks or if they will be lighting up a really long wall, you may have to make some cuts to the track. We used tracks made by Lightolier and each track was eight feet long.
If you do have to make cuts, clamp the piece of track to a work bench, mark the track with a square to make sure it’s straight and cut it with a hack saw or jig saw.
Before you mount the track you need to mark the ceiling for the drywall anchors. The track already has holes in it for the screws, so all you have to do is hold the track in place on the ceiling, and put a mark where the holes are. You’ll put your dry wall anchors right over those marks.
Once the dry wall anchors are in place, you can put the track up against the ceiling and screw it into the dry wall anchors. If for some reason one of the dry wall anchors won’t go into the ceiling it’s probably because there’s a ceiling joist in that spot. If this happens, just leave out the drywall anchor and put a screw there instead.
If you are using more that one piece of track you will most likely need to add a T-connector or an L-connector. These connectors allow you to connect two pieces of track. But they’re also wired so a constant flow of electricity will run through your track. It’s best to attach the connector to one piece of the track before mounting it to the wall. You may also want to leave the screw loose that nearest the T or L connector. That way, you’ll have more room to attach it to the second piece of track. You can go back and tighten the screw up later.
Before hooking up the power, it’s important to put end caps on all of the open ends of track. These will close any contacts you have open. They simply slide right into the track just like the L and L connector.
Now you’re ready to hook up the power supply. It attaches to the track, and once you turn it, it’ll lock into place. Then you can hook up the wires. Black connects to black. Those are your hot wires. The white wires are neutral and the connect to one another. The copper wires are the ground wires. Most of the time, this is not a tricky procedure. But if you are concerned in anyway about handling electrical wires.... don’t. You can always call a certified electrician to do the job.
After you’ve made your connections, tuck all of your wires into the outlet box. Then you can screw your cover into place.
Last but not least, you are ready to put up your lights. They go in just like the connectors. You simply snap them into the track and then turn them so they can lock into place.
For most do it yourselfers, it’ll take about a half a day to install track lighting. The track lighting we installed cost around $650. There are many track lighting systems to choose from... in all different price ranges. And regardless of the price, once the job is done, the homeowner will have a lighting system in place that will give them a lot of flexibility.
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I can't believe how you managed to make this video feel like a how to video from the early 90's. Great video and thank you for the helpful guide.
Awesome! It's amazing to hear a women talk about electrical! More vids
Thumbs up, for the simplicity of this installation. Thanks for sharing.
My fiancé and I were laughing because we have the exact same light fixture in our basement that we're trying to replace with track lighting. Thank you for the help!
It's a great how-to. I don't like the look of the lights at all, but can't fault the video for that. It's a matter of taste, isn't it? Kudos for a great job in the demonstration of the install.
You are the best!
Really great video... But what was $650??? the whole room of other improvements including the lighting?
Get rid of that popcorn ceiling first
Thank you
So you just screw it straight into the ceiling?
Scrape off the popcorn while you're up there, ugh!
Please make sure your wire nuts are twisted on fully the connected wires should be twisted around each other after putting the wire-nut on this is a safety issue
What name of square light fixture
How do I figure out how many lights or how long of a track I can use to safely replace the existing fixture? I understand that they are designed for about 1 fixture/foot but I doubt that if I connected 30 feet of track that the existing wiring could support 30 lights. How do I know what I have wired up there already?
What screw do you use on the ceiling?
hello , do you buy this slim track light from China ? we are lighting factory
Anybody looking to buy 4 track lightings?
Video sirf bhasha mein nishacharon mein bhi video badhiya hai sahi hai kam se kam bhasha mein nahin aaye to de de ke Gyan Hota Hai
$650 my god great instructions though
I calculate 150 dollars there buying everything in store
Pre-Covid .. Now $2K
650$ lol wtf I got the track kits at lowes for like 15$ each
I also got mines for that price, I guess they weren't as affordable as they are now:)
@@julioacencio5353 unfortunately I can’t install them now so they’re just in the box now smh 🤦♂️ I got like 4
From which brand did you buy?
Use a red Sharpie for marking your ceiling. Red Sharpie ink dissolves after 24 hours.