6" New Construction Recessed Light Housing - E26 Base

Installation for

6" New Construction Recessed Light Housing

1. Telescopic bar hangers have been engineered to allow placing of housing between joists.

Position hanger bars so that nails point away from housing and that hangers bars are aligned with bottom of joist.

To secure fixture hammer nails to joists. Hanger bars can be shortened to fit 12" framing by breaking at score line. (Fig 1)

2. Adjust the fixture for appropriate ceiling thickness by loosening the hex screws that attach the round housing to the plaster frame.

Align the bottom edge of housing to ceiling line and tighten screws.(Fig 2)

3.  ELECTRICAL CONNECTION:

Open the snap-on junction box captive door and remove the appropriate pry-out with screwdriver. Luminaire has been designed to accommodate metallic conduit and non-metallic cable, metallic conduit must be used if local code requires it. Round knockouts are dedicated for metallic cables and rectangular knockouts are to be utilized for non-metallic cables. Connect supply leads to wires in fixture junction box. Connect white wire to white wire, black wire to black wire and green supply wire to bare copper wire with quick connectors.  Provide electrical service to fixture per NEC and local electrical code from a suitable junction box to junction box located on fixture. Fixture must be supplied with wire rated for at least 90°C. Close the snap-on junction box door. (See Fig 3 and Fig.4)