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How Do You Put Can Lights In A Drop Ceiling. If theres no insulation there thats easy. Brackets to form your final grid of either 2 feet by 4 feet or 2 feet square. We decided on four zones In the above diagram zone one was columns 1-5 with the exception of C5 which we added to zone two zone two was columns 7-9 zone 3 was columns 11-15 and zone 4 was C1 and B2 basically the lights wed want on when walking up and down the stairs. Mounted lights are good with suspended ceilings.
Mounted lights are not supported by the suspended ceiling but by the existing ceiling beneath. Additional support structures are needed in recessed lighting for a drop ceiling. Measuring for your border panels and for hanging hardware placement. 1142021 Open the attached junction box on the light and clamp the wires protruding from the ceiling to the box leaving enough slack to move them easily as needed. Gently lift the fixture to the suspended ceiling tile while threading the chain or wire through the trimmed hole. 692017 Note in some areas where you need a lot of light or have a very high ceiling multiply by 3.
Additional support structures are needed in recessed lighting for a drop ceiling.
1142021 Open the attached junction box on the light and clamp the wires protruding from the ceiling to the box leaving enough slack to move them easily as needed. Strip the plastic insulation from the end of the wires and use wire nuts to pair the wires together usually color-coded black white and a bare ground wire. Cutting border panels and then fitting panels into the grid. We decided on four zones In the above diagram zone one was columns 1-5 with the exception of C5 which we added to zone two zone two was columns 7-9 zone 3 was columns 11-15 and zone 4 was C1 and B2 basically the lights wed want on when walking up and down the stairs. One wire support in each of the four corners of the ceiling tile should be more than enough support for any recessed lighting fixture. 152010 Add the light bulb and enjoy.
