Hold the fixture in one hand as the wiring may not support the weight of the fixture.
Removing wall lights safely.
Pull the fixture off the wall.
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.
The wires may have lead to an outlet or a light that has been taken out of commission.
Covering your wall with floor to ceiling mirror or rather mirror tiles seemed like such a good idea back in the 1960s but a lot has changed in the past half century.
The wall can then be repaired and decorated.
Turn off the power to the fixture at the fuse box.
You will see many exposed wires once the fixture plate is removed.
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Turn on the light switch then flip off breakers in the main panel until the light goes off.
Remove the light bulb by twisting it by hand in a counterclockwise direction and set it aside.
Twist wire caps on.
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If the lights are being removed permanently the wiring to them should be disconnected from the circuit.
Remove the thumb nuts that hold the light fixture to the mounting plate.
The ideal approach is to remove all of the wires.
Once all the wires are disconnected at both ends they should be cut back or removed to ensure that reconnection is not possible.
How to remove a wall light step 1.
Don t touch these until you have used a voltage.
Or the previous owners may have buried the wires behind drywall an extremely dangerous practice.
When you remove or open a wall or a ceiling you may encounter stray electrical wires.