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Safely Disconnect Electrical Wires

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The presenter stresses the importance of safety when dealing with electrical components. He recommends wearing rubber gloves as insulation to prevent electric shocks, especially since light fixtures with sensors might have live power even during the day. He also advises turning off the power switch or flipping the breaker if possible for maximum safety. He then proceeds to unscrew and remove the individual wire nuts connecting the light fixture's wires (black, white, and ground) to the house wiring, securing each wire nut back onto its corresponding wire to keep them organized and prevent loss.

Tools and materials

  • Rubber Gloves
  • Wire Nuts

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kind of an insulation so you don't get shocked you don't know if the the lights are on or off these have got sensors on them that would turn them off in the day they would have power at all times and the sensor would turn it off in the daytime so i'm going to now use my rubber gloves to remove these wire nuts so i don't get shocked so i'm going to take remove one at a time and i'm going to take remove that wire i'm going to screw that wire nut right back on just like that so we got a black we've got a white there's going to also be a ground wire so i'm going to remove the white screw that wire nut back on we've got a ground wire right here i'm going to take that off now my light sit in here just like that and now i'm also going to take a piece of tape and i'm going to label this light exactly where it came from and i'm going to write on here that this is the um middle light of the garage right here wiring that's going to go right back on my ground wires now another thing we've got our bracket right here installed i like

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