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6. Removing the shell.
Twist the shell slightly and remove it from the cap.
7. Inside the lamp socket.
Beneath the outer shell, you should find an insulating sleeve covering the socket. Remove the insulating sleeve and you’ll see the screw terminals.
8. Removing the socket.
Use a screwdriver to disconnect the two wires going to the terminal screws, and remove the socket, leaving the socket cap in place. The new socket will come with a socket cap, but usually you don’t need to replace the old one. Reconnect the wires to the two screw terminals on the three-way socket, and install the new socket.
9. Using integral compact fluorescent lights.
All fluorescent lights need a ballast to operate. Integral compact fluorescent lights have the ballast built into the base of the bulb. Just screw the light into a conventional socket.
10. Using modular compact fluorescent lights.
Modular compact fluorescent lights have a separate ballast and tube. In this case, you don’t have to replace the ballast when the tube burns out. Screw the ballast into a conventional socket and plug the tube into the ballast.
11. Replacing an incandescent fixture with a fluorescent fixture.
First, turn off the power to the circuit at the service entrance panel. Remove the globe if the fixture has one. Then remove the light bulbs. Now disconnect the fixture from the wall or ceiling, and disconnect the fixture wires from the house wires. The old fixture should now be free from the outlet box.
12. Installing jumper wires.
Cut two pieces of the jumper wire (the same kind used with the fixture) about 8 inches long. One should be black, the other white. Now cut two more 8-inch wires for the ground wire. This wire should be bare copper or green insulated wire.
With the wire stripper, remove about a half-inch of the insulation from each end of the insulated wires.
13. Connecting the jumper wires.
Use wire nuts to connect the black jumper wire to the black house wire, and the white jumper wire to the white house wire. Use a wire nut to connect the two ground wires to the ground house wire. Now connect the other end of one ground jumper wire to the grounding screw in the outlet box. Grounding screws are often green, but any screw that clamps the wire to bare metal will work. You now should have the free ends of one black, one white, and one ground wire coming from the outlet box.
14. Installing the fixture bar and stud.
Thread the stud into the fixture bar, and run the wires through the hole in the stud. Now fold the house wires into the box, leaving the jumper wires extending down through the stud. Use screws to fasten each end of the bar to the box.
15. Attaching the fixture.
Remove the fluorescent fixture’s plastic tube covering and any tubes. Remove a knockout from the back of the fixture and slide the fixture over the wires and stud attached to the box. Place the large metal washer over the stud for extra support and screw the locknut onto the stud. Tighten the locknut with an adjustable wrench.
16. Connecting the wires.
Use wire nuts to connect the black fixture wire to the black jumper wire, and the white fixture wire to the white jumper wire. Now connect the ground wire to the grounding screw in the base of the fixture.
17. Providing additional support for larger fixtures.
If your fixture needs additional support, drill a hole at each end of the base of the fixture and install screws. If the mounting surface is wallboard, use appropriate fasteners such as toggle bolts.
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