Bathroom lights over a vanity mirror will make dressing easier. A broad light bar with multiple bulbs can remove shadows and help you shave, wear makeup or use the mirror for other tasks. Removing an present single-light wall-mounted fixture and replacing it with a fresh light bar or alternative multilight fixture can be finished in about half an hour. The task doesn’t require any equipment aside from standard hand tools.
Turn off the breaker to the electrical circuit to your bathroom light fixture in the breaker panel. Unscrew the mounting screws with a screwdriver and remove the switch cover to your bathroom light. Hold a noncontact electrical tester against the wires connected to the switch and observe the light on the tester. If the light comes on, then the circuit is still hot, so turn off more breakers (or the main breaker to the house) and test again until the tester light stays off. Replace the switch cover.
Remove the globe and lights of the present light fixture on the wall over the mirror. Loosen the mounting screws and pull the fixture away from the junction box. Disconnect the wiring from the fixture and place the fixture aside.
Center the mounting bracket of the new light bar to position over the mirror, then covering the junction box. Put a torpedo level onto the very top of the mounting bracket and adjust the position of the bracket until it is flat. Mark hole positions throughout the mounting holes onto the wall with a pencil, then place the mounting bracket aside.
Check the place of the wall studs behind the wall with a fireplace. Drill a 1/4-inch pilot hole through the drywall of any mounting hole that doesn’t align with a hammer. Harness a drywall anchor to each predrilled hole with a hammer.
Slide the wiring from the junction box through the wire hole in the rear of the mounting bracket, and position the bracket over the mirror. Align the mounting holes with each formerly marked pencil mark or masonry anchor. Fasten the bracket to the wall by means of a screw to either the drywall anchor or wall stud with a power drill.
Connect the black wire from the wall switch to each one of the black wires from the light bar with a wire nut. Combine each of the white wires with a wire nut as well. Then wrap the bare wire from the light switch across the green grounding screw on the mounting bracket, and tighten the screw with a screwdriver.
Position the face plate of the light bar over the mounting bracket, aligning the mounting and fittings bolts with the right holes in the face plate. Tighten both lock nuts onto the ends of the mounting bolts to hold the face plate to position.
Insert a frosted light bulb into each receptacle, then turn on the circuit breaker in the breaker panel, and test the light with the light switch.