Interior home lights are essential for creating a functional and inviting living space. However, when replacing or removing an old light, it is crucial to safely cap off live electrical wires. This is especially important for homeowners doing renovations and needing to have live electri…
To begin, ensure you have turned off the power to the circuit you will be working on at the breaker panel. Use a voltage tester to confirm that the circuit is safe. If the old light fixture is in an area where it doesn’t need a light, you must cap off the power at the junction box (also called a fuse box). Capping electrical wires is important for fire safety, preventing electrical shocks, and preventing short-circuiting or damage to the electrical system.
When removing an old light, consider factors such as size and space, occupancy’s age and preference, ceiling height and shape, color of walls and furniture, existing lights and electrical setups, points of interest, art work, and traffic patterns. Secure the new fixture with screws into the mounting plate.
Use adhesive clips, mounting clips, or mounting putty to secure the new fixture without nails or stress. To enhance lighting throughout your home, consider these tips:
- Turn off the switch to a light and cut the power at the breaker before changing a fixture. If they are part of the cable assembly, tie the bare wire from the fixture in with a grounding conductor.
📹 Life Changing Ratchet Strap Tie Down Hack!
Using Larks Head loops to secure the hooks on your ratchet tie down straps.
📹 EZ Up Canopy Tie Down Hack – Fastest way to secure a 10×10 Canopy
This is how I secure my 10×10 EZ up tent canopy when wind is not in the forecast. Works well for light winds and is very easy.
On your running end, approx 20″ from the hook, there is a loop already stitched in the strap. You are supposed to go around the pipe and then hook into that loop so it doesn’t keep falling off. In your instance, you could go around the center pipe and then hook onto the one next to it so the hook cannot fall down. For all of us that have straps without that loop, this is a great tip to make life easier. Especially if you are strapping down an ATV etc. Any movement of it could allow the hook to come loose. That is why you can now spend a little more $$ and buy straps with the safety catch on them so they cannot come off. Spending a few extra $$ is better than perusal your ATV pass you in the ditch going end-over-end…. lol.
Thought I knew all the helpful tips with ratchet straps, have used them for years and years personally and commercial. First time seeing this thank you. Thought this was going to be a vid about how to secure the excess strap leftover which Ive known for years and also helpful. Great article, thank you.
actually mate they already provided the loop its about 14″ up the strap that’s what that loop if for. I use it all the time. also NEVER EVER use RATCHET STRAPS on canoes or Kayaks as it is so easy to place a crush pressure on the structure and that will defo change your life for the worse as a cracked canoe will piss you off for many years to come. use only CAM BUCKLE STRAPS. or cord.
this strap is something for the litter bin. if you were in a police controll with this, you have to change to new one or putthe beer cooler into the car and secure it there on another method, not with these old worn down straps with a hooked method the cosntructioneers never intend. why not use a strap with a hook with a lock? makes life easier and is ok in controlls.
I’ve been camping enough to know that, the 550 cord even when “tight” still has enough stretch in it to allow all 4 legs to be lifted JUST ENOUGH that the canopy literally looks like it tripped over it’s own foot and if it’s windy enough, becomes a sail and pulls the table with it if it isn’t anchored to the ground. I know guys lines are annoying, but if you’re around people without spacial awareness, put a pool noodle on the guy lines.
I’ve done a farmers market in FL for 6 years. The best hold down I have found is to use 16″ long concrete landscape edging inside the sand bags that come with many canopies and hang one from each corner of the canopy using a large S hook. In heavier winds I attach two to each corner. They weigh about 17lbs each and cost less than $3 each
I have a tent the same as yours it came with netting for bugs, but when it rains we get wet, so I bought what is called rain curtains that go on the outside of the netting to keep us dry. The problem was I got the wrong size and its too big. it is for a 10×10 square canopy tent but mine is floor 10×10 and the top of the poles are 8×8. Do you have an easy fix for me to fit the rain curtain, as it is awkward and it’s too big and the wind makes the curtains billow,? Am a senior lady and am stuck !!