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Bar lights and room lights

Darkxerox

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Let me know if you're interested in these before they go on the curb:

2x overhead LED lights approx 13"
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2x bar pendants:

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Interested in the led lights can you show.the wiring on back at your convince?

What are you replacing these with. The bar lights look cool if your aren't a tall person.
 
Cool, unfortunately I'll have to pass I keep forgetting I have old wiring with only 2 wires. It would take extra steps to hook these up in a safe way.
newer lights are normally lower votlage. two wires is fine. black is power, white is neutral, green is ground. you can just delete the ground. only thing is you have to use a on/off wall switch. no slider light switches
 
newer lights are normally lower votlage. two wires is fine. black is power, white is neutral, green is ground. you can just delete the ground. only thing is you have to use a on/off wall switch. no slider light switches
So it would be safe even without ground?

It would be to swap a light in our long hall way and maybe one in the kitchen. Both have on off standard wall switches wired to them.
 
yes, its safe..

The technical, by the code, answer is if the light fixture has a metal enclosure, you should have it grounded in case a hot wire (120V) touches the light fixture and makes the light fixture itself "hot." This can pose a fire and electrocution risk. There are some plastic insulated or doubly insulated (Class II) fixtures that can be used without a ground when powered by 120V. If you don't have a ground wire, it should be grounded to metal conduit/gang box if it's there.

newer lights are normally lower votlage. two wires is fine. black is power, white is neutral, green is ground. you can just delete the ground. only thing is you have to use a on/off wall switch. no slider light switches

Newer LED lights use lower voltage, but the hot wire to the fixture is usually powered by 120V. So that's typically a moot point. You would not need a ground wire if the LED is powered by wiring that is considered low voltage (< 50V).
 
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