How To Install An Exterior Light And 3 Common Mistakes To Avoid

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Wire nuts have worked fine for 60+ years. Nothing wrong with them

Connect the Neutral before Hot to respect ground/load current draw as if wiring it Live! Because in my building it is.

Need a KO plug in center hole of 4.0 pancake .

How high can I install camera and light

Thanks. Now I know how to fix my too deep receptacle.

Simply said, Hire an Electrician, yep, Hire an Electrician…

thank you

Thank you for this video!
We just got new siding in the back of the house and the dummies completely removed not only the junction box but my bracket for my light.

And they screwed it directly into that stupid plastic box and of course the light fell down because of the weight of it…

I wasn't really sure how to even fix this but your video is great so I'm going to be looking for that round junction box!

With the weight of that camera I recommend anchoring the junction box to a stud instead of just sheathing. In the event of high wind the camera might get blown off the house and it someone in the head.

That pancake box needs a connector! Then again… it's hard to have a connector when the Romex jacket has already been stripped away past the point where it would come into the junction box. It's worth cutting away some of the siding to take a peek to see if the junction box had been covered up by the vinyl siding people. If not, it's a pretty common egregious error I see where wire is fed directly out without a junction box. It's a bad mistake to make… especially in a moist environment surrounded by combustible materials. I have come across that exact situation many times.

Thanks for the tips. 😂I hate wago connectors.

It’s nice to know the correct way , so I can watch someone do it correctly. Not taking shortcuts

I was with you until you said dont use wire nuts

Heres your first mistake, you used an integrated LED fixture. those are all junk, you cannot change the bulb, when they fail, you have to uninstall the entire fixture and buy a new one. just use a fixture with a bulb socket

How did that bird nest work out?

Hi, I have just watched your video from the UK. And would just like to say how simple (for a mere novice like myself) but 'highly' informative your video was. Thank you for taking the time out to produce such a great presentation.

Multiple code violations 😂😂😂

Excellent tutorial as well good speaking and zero b.s. or fumbling around ir a ton of music on the intro..cheers I just subbed to this channel

This video rocks all the way around I just installed my ring flood/cams outside and now I wish I would of gotten those quick connectors instead of doing the circus act high up on ladder…im gonna get me some locking lagonuts

Hello, Scott. We're enjoying your YouTube videos! Our home was built in the 70's and some of our exterior light have no junction box or pancake box. Most are protected by an overhang. Some have 3 wires (not Romex) where is a bare ground wire — a pancake box would fit. However, some have no ground. In this second case, would a non-metallic junction or pancake box be OK? Thanks.

This isn't a DIY video. This is an electrician's video, where you all are getting off on quoting codes to each other and picking at each other. No DIYer is going to sit here and debate the quality of cedar bases versus vinyl bases. Or whether a 2 inch versus 3 inch mounting plate versus mounting box blah blah blah blah. If it's a HUGE safety issue, then please mention it, but no DIYer is going to care about a mounting box as depicted in this video (light was under an eve and had a good gasket and solid fit…which is good enough by far….for everyone but the electricians verbally masterbaiting online in videos about how "the most updated UEFIABCDEFG code requires a 9/16th mounting box with a 2/3mm backing blah blah blah". All of that nonsense is just for you, not for anyone else, because you are the only one enjoying sounding like you are pretending to be an expert. Again, a DIYer doesn't give a damn (except for one or two who are probably autistic lol).

Amazing video 🎉 thanks

Getting tired of hearing “ DO NOT USE WIRE NUTS”! Is there a change in city codes now?

Trying to replace old light with ring flood light. Only have a red wire and white wire visible. I'm lost… ring flood light had white, black and green wire. What do i do next?

I tried the lever nuts. I think they're difficult.

Not a bad video. However. You said DO NOT USE WIRE NUTS. this is a DIY video to be helpful and perhaps teach. It’s your opinion to use these connectors instead of wire nuts. To make such a statement comes across as factual. When it’s a preference.

Great video, thanks.
But how does the the screw on the light fixture secure to the mounting bracket?
There’s nothing on the bracket but a hole in the middle.

Thank you for using the term "code violation" instead of "illegal".

Agree that Scott does a great job with these videos. OCD thoughts from an industrial electrical safety professional: ​
1. preferred method of using non-contact voltage detector is hot-dead-hot i.e. test on a known live circuit to prove the detector is working, test the circuit on which you intend to work to verify it is dead, test again on a known live circuit to verify the detector is still working. Most commonly done on the circuit to be worked on.
2. testing the wires in the box (or non-box in this case!) are dead doesn't ensure you've identified the breaker or switch unless you do a hot/dead test on the circuit i.e. show that the circuit is hot then have someone shut off the breaker and demonstrate they're on the correct breaker. In the case of this video, while Scott may have turned off a breaker, it is possible it's the wrong one and a switch to the light fixture is off or an upstream GFCI is tripped. Should someone come along and turn on the switch or reset the GFCI, circuit is now hot.
3. I don't just turn the breaker off, I put a piece of tape across it w/ a sign saying "Do not energize. Working on circuit". Not exactly Lockout, Tag, Tryout used in industry but safe enough in my house.
110 can kill or maim, especially when you're up on a ladder (fall). Stay safe.

Every thing I do to my house is a code violation. 😉

Thank you so much for your informative videos , much appreciated

SKYX products will eliminate any and all of wiring mistakes. Incredible product and company!

If the interior is unfinished (visible sheathing and studs) can you just run the light pigtail through a conduited hole, mount the exterior light, and make the connections to the romex inside (interior junction box)? Keep hearing “no” but the alternative is making the connections on the exterior side.

Try to make it a habit of removing your hot first, then neutral then ground and when installing the ground first then the neutral then your hot.

Sir, you are the best the internet has to offer.