Skip to main content

POV Service Call, Installing 6 Recessed Lights in a Home for $2000, Thoughts? #electrician

1:14
121.2K views

Video by Hendy The Sparky

Hendy The Sparky

What happens here

This project details the installation of six recessed LED lights in a living room, starting from precise measurement and marking to cutting holes, running new electrical wiring, connecting the fixtures, patching the ceiling, installing new dimmer switches, and finally testing the completed lighting system.

Transcript

Hide

I installed six recess lights in this home for $2,000. This took me about 4 hours to complete. As an electrician, you pay for my 5 years of experience and special tools, not for the time spent. >> 83 So, the first thing I do is I use my tape measure and laser combo to mark where the lights are going. I got to make sure the distances are even and accurate and use mathematics cuz once these holes are punched, they're punched like a boxer, no cap. My bro can't have to use a multi-tool to make some sheet rock cuts since we were on the first floor living room of a two-floor home. As an electrician, we always want to avoid cutting sheet rock, but this was the only way to run the wire. Why these lights aren't here in the first place when the home was built? Here's the truth, the building contractor wanted to cut costs, but that's okay cuz it gives me work as an electrician. I'm installing the recess LED lights. I connect my wires using Wago connectors, black to black, white to white, and ground to ground. Black is hot wire, white is neutral wire, and ground is copper wire. We ran 14/2 Romex cable, and these lights are on a 15-amp circuit. Lights are almost done. I'm going down to the basement electrical panel to turn on the circuit, and boom, guys, they're lit. We ended up getting our line power for the lights using the switch box that originally controlled the fan, and we added a multi-gang switch. We even put a dimmer in so the brightness can be adjusted. Job complete, customer satisfied, and that's how you make $2,000 in one day as an electrician.

Auto-generated from the video audio.