How To Install A Outdoor Pole Light

Pair the wires from the lantern to those from the post matching white to white black to black and bare copper to bare copper or green.

How to install a outdoor pole light. Depending on the type of solar lamp post light you have purchased you might need to do a little bit of digging. Work your way across the yard to hang the string lights between mounts following the. Slightly assemble the light pole before.

If not then you. How to install outdoor lighting and a power outlet Step 1. Dig a trench and dig a hole.

Most poles have an electrical grounding nut attached to the pole interior near the hand hole for installing a ground connector and a bare ground wire. This is my 2nd outdoor string light project. Attach lights to the screw eye using zip ties.

Use a short piece of small-diameter pipe to make a drain hole through the grout to the pole interior. I share how to hang string lights on removable poles and compare string light choices of LED solar vs incandesc. Before undertaking this project consult your local zoning.

Then connect the wire leads from the light heads to the circuit wires. Plug the lights directly into an exterior outlet or into an outdoor extension cord and position the first bulb next to the mounting hardware. Lay the cable under the gateway.

Call the utility companies to mark any underground lines. Once youve checked this spacing unplug the lights to hang the rest of the string. Slide the lantern onto the post and tighten its set screws to secure it.