How To Install External Lighting Wiring?

This tutorial teaches how to wire exterior wall lights, including flood lights, motion sensor lights, and simple landscape lighting. The process involves marking the light position, drilling cable holes through the wall, planning the power supply cable route, installing a switch, fixing the exterior light to the wall, connecting the supply cable, and testing the light.

Using lever nuts instead of wire nuts can help avoid problems when installing outdoor lights or other fixtures. Solar outdoor lighting fixtures range from $10 to $200 or more, and this step-by-step guide provides information on selecting, placing, and wiring fixtures, as well as avoiding common pitfalls and seasonal factors.

The guide also covers how to install low-voltage outdoor lighting systems with no electrical experience, such as choosing the right wire, burying it, and choosing the right fixtures and bulbs. The installation process involves connecting the cable cores to the correct terminals within the unit or its flex cores using strip connectors. Outside wiring should be in conduit, either rigid metalic conduit (threaded pipe), Electrical Metallic Tubing (EMT thinwall), or PVC conduit.

In summary, this tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on how to wire exterior wall lights, covering the basics of outdoor lighting wiring, including techniques, tips, and installation instructions.