Old Bathroom Light Has Several Wires From Wall

I bought a light for my son s bedroom but when i detached the old light i found to my horror 6 wires rather than the expected 2.

Old bathroom light has several wires from wall.

Connect the white wires the ground wires the black wires and the red wires together. Inside the box you ll need to separate the wires to see which feed the fan and which feed the light. Split off the small pieces of lath behind. Twist all of the black wires from the light bar together with the black wire from the wall switch and connect the ends using a wire nut.

Pauwer 2 light bathroom vanity light industrial metal wire cage wall sconce edison vintage wall light fixture for bathroom 2 light vanity light 4 6 out of 5 stars 312 33 99 33. There may also be small screws on the sides of the light holding it to the mounting plate. Plus a ground green on the fixture possibly and bare from the junction box look in the box and see where the wires come from the inside of the wall through the small holes in the back or side of the junction box. Once the light is separated from the base check all wires for voltage.

You have essentially created two separate circuits within the connection box. If all is safe remove one wire nut at a time separate the wires and screw the wire nut back on the wall side. If you are at the junction box that is in the wall where the old light fixture was then there should be only 2 wires that the old fixture was fastened to. Then connect all of the white wires together with a wire.

Coming out of the ceiling there are 2 cables and in each are a red black and yellow green cables 6 in total and the light that i have bought to go up there has access for a blue and a brown wire. Remodeling boxes have internal clamps for the wires. Cutting the hole accurately is critical so that the box ears have solid bearing on the plaster photo 4. My new light fixture has a bracket but exepcts that the bracket can be screwed to the wall box on the top and bottom leaving the side bars open for the fixture screws.