Swapping Fluorescent Garage Lights to LED

Today I had a quick little service call to go out and replace some 2x4 fluorescent lights in a garage, to new LED lights.

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This job was a very simple one, actually love little lighting jobs like this because they're very margin-rich. The first thing I do is open up the new lights and make sure they're going to work in the space and that there are no surprises I'm going to run into, before taking the other fixtures down.

Next, I turn off power to the circuit at the electrical panel. Now I can work on the existing wires without the worry of being shocked. I remove the existing lamps and belly pan and disconnect the wires from each other. Then I unscrew the toggle bolts that are holding the fluorescent fixture to the ceiling. Once I pull the first light down, I move over and do the second one next. I like to do all of the removal before moving on to installing new fixtures. This is because as you do a task you become faster at it along the way. Rather than switching gears and changing what you're doing constantly which I find slows you down.

Next, I put the new fixtures up. I found the holes were in different places on the new fixtures so I ended up having to make new holes with my keyhole saw on the second fixture. Then I screwed the toggle bolts in place and secured the fixtures. Since there's no bulbs for these LED fixtures, I just put the belly pan and reflector on the fixtures and boom, I'm done. Then I go turn power back on and test the lights. All good, on to the next job!

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