Remove old ceiling light properly and safely

0:09 >> DIY say what's going on Mike Wars with the Mike Wars channel. Thank you for watching. We're talking ceiling lights today, not ceiling fans. We are going to install one here in a little bit, a low profile specific ceiling fan. But again, today's video is just the removal of an old ceiling light to prep it for the ceiling fan. Let's take a look. DIY Wars is making a way to our porch and this has been an ongoing project. We removed six sliding glass doors and replaced them with three large panes or glass panels as you see here. And our next project is replacing that. However, if you look all the way above the door, you see a close hanger box and those extend all the way to the opposite side. So, with that said, we need a low profile ceiling fan as well as a fan

0:55 that basically circulates air in this porch because again, now we do not have windows that open, which is nice because we no longer need rails. Next, directing your attention to our household circuit breaker panel and we are going to turn off the switch that supplies power to our entire porch. Back to the porch to the light switch, on and all the way up. Nothing. Which is good and go ahead and turn that switch back off. Coming up to the ceiling light, we've got a large piece of glass that secures into the light base that secures to the ceiling and alongside of the base, you should have three little screws. In our case, we only have two, one's missing on the back side. And with one hand supporting the glass, you want to

1:42 simultaneously unscrew or unthread counterclockwise these little screws. And you want to do it slow and carefully. And once you unscrew those, you can carefully lower that glass. And we did just that, the The has been removed to a closer view now to the threaded screws. And again, just go slow, be careful, don't drop anything. From here, we need to remove those bulbs. And again, counterclockwise, be careful, do not drop these. Next, coming inside here, we've got two Phillips screws in our case. You might have different screws, flat or different locations. However, we are going to carefully unscrew these.

2:31 We are just ever so carefully allow the base to lower. And you can see some wires and wire caps. And we've got black, white, and red. Coming to the side and up, I want to direct our attention to the wiring and all the white wires are secured into their own respective wire cap. All the black wires secured into their own wire cap. Going up top, we got a red wire and a brown wire. Next, we are going to remove the wiring and we've got white, neutral, and black, which is live. We've got the ground up top that's secured in with a green screw. However, ours looks like it's been painted over, but that's okay. We're going to start with the white neutral and counterclockwise until you can separate the wires. There's the cap. Separate those, followed by the live and

3:19 neutral wires. Just be careful because this might fall if you're not careful. From here, just make sure your neutral and live wire are separated and not making contact with each other. And if all looks good, and again, your power is off, you can vacuum and clean up this area before you install a brand new fan. Coming down off the ladder, and again, the project is complete and it is now time to reverse the steps and install a brand new fan of your preference. However, we're going to show you what we are going to install. Check this out. This is an LED a low profile setup or ceiling fan. How awesome is that? Down below in the comments in the description video link number one will show you how to properly and safely install this. You don't want to do it the wrong way.

4:05 Cuz you could start an electrical fire, not good. And that will really be an awesome modern upgrade. And that is outstanding.