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Remove Light Fixture and Mask Box

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Masking strategies: windows, doors, and trim

What happens here

For outdoor light fixtures, the presenter advises wearing rubber gloves for safety, even if the power switch is off, as a precaution against electrical shock. He demonstrates unscrewing the two nuts holding a light fixture to the wall, then carefully disconnecting the wire nuts to remove the light. The removed light is placed in a safe location like a garage to prevent damage. The exposed electrical box is then masked off with paper and tape, ensuring the wires and wire nuts are protected from paint.

Goal: Safely remove light fixtures and protect exposed electrical boxes.

Tools and materials

  • Masker (Tape & Paper Dispenser)
  • Rubber Gloves
  • Wrench or Pliers
  • Masking Paper
  • Painter's Tape

What they say

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I have a water spet. I do have a light. So, if I got light fixtures, I'll show you. When it comes to light fixture or any type of electrical device, I typically wear gloves. You want to go in, you'll shut the light off, turn it on and off, make sure the power is off on it. Even when the switch is off, I like to wear gloves. Um, just as an assurance that I'm not going to get shocked. Now, most lights, we've got two screws or two nuts, not screws. These two knots will come off. This is kind of like probably one of your stereotypical lights. Light comes off. Going to pull wires out. They're wire nutted together. I'm going to take my little nuts, put them back on here so they don't get lost. Now I'm going to begin taking off my wires. So, I'll take my ground wire, the glove, the rubber gloves. So, if there was power on, it would keep you from getting shock. I'm going to take my wire nuts. I'll put them back on the end. Tighten it on there. Keep my wires separated from each other. Now, I'll stick all my wire nuts on. Put everything back in place. This is going to set aside inside the garage where it won't get damaged. We'll take some paper. I'm going to wrap paper

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