How To Remove Unwanted Wall Lights

We d be willing to keep one switch as a master off switch for the new fan but i would really like to get rid of the rest.

How to remove unwanted wall lights. Pull the fixture off the wall then unscrew the wire caps connecting the light and circuit wires untwist them and remove the light. Remember to take extra care when fitting wallpapers with a metallic finish as some can actually conduct electricity making the entire wall live. This means sealing off the wiring in the electrical box to which the fixture was attached so the wires are still live but aren t powering anything and aren t a danger. Remove the light shade or bowl unscrew the light bulbs and take off the fixture plate to expose the wires.

This wall was being remov. Wires are chased into wall already and it looks as if they ve been changed before as there s a small hole peeking out the side of one of them. Live wires are dangerous so always use a voltage detector to test any wires first and contact an electrician at any stage if you don t feel confident. If you ve got an old light fixture in an area where you don t need a light and you don t want anything there you ll have to cap off the circuit.

Original questions from simply holbeach and answers provided by kelvin goulden. Then work on installing the new fixture. Remove cable completely terminate cables to a chocblock but then you must chop in a backbox and use a blanking plate bit unsightly in the middle of the wall disconnect the leg of the circuit that supplies the lights leaving cables in place with ends terminated this is a last resort. Unscrew the mounting plate from the electrical box.

Three fans have two switches one fan one light but there isn t even a light in the fan. One ceiling fan has 6 wall switches three for the motor and three for the light in the fan. Unscrew the light fixture from the mounting plate attached to the electrical box. No overhead light and the 3 lights are all on the same switch one at one end of hall another at the other.