LED Panel Lights - How To Install, Surface Mounted

Surface mounted LED panel lights can be a bit tricky to install especially the ones without a bracket that mounts to the ceiling box. Fear not! We have the answers here to help you easily install your LED panel light.

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[ChristiMeyn-yygr]

Thank you for this video! Incredibly helpful and you made it possible to get this project completed in an afternoon!

[ofiasdfnosdf]

Excellent, easy-to-follow video! Could you please provide a link to the light fixture and frame that you used?

[cameronprice]

An excellent tutorial to help refresh my own technique. Pre-COVID I installed several identical units in my basement and although purchased, the last surface mount LED got delayed. Your video not only confirmed my memory, the cardboard template and electrical tips made my final install much easier. Since this was in my basement, over a large TV, I actually played this video while following your own install.

[willscurran]

I like your tutorials - very clear and easy to follow. I just got some LED panels from pqlighting and realized they were a bit more complicated to install in my home than expected. Happy I found your guide! Unfortunately I already bought dimmers before seeing your tutorial, not realizing they are for commercial wiring.

[its_grimy]

Did your frame come with the panel? Or do you know what I could get the frames?

[chronikss]

“Took a lot of research, and I finally figured it out”

What was so hard and mysterious about the wiring? Did I miss something?

Appreciate the video!

[josephcimino]

My installation is a drop in panel. I have six bulb garage insulation and I’m desiring to install 12 drop in led lights. I’d like to use pigtails and I’m wondering if I could daisy chain from one fissure to another just picking up power at the end of the run? Am I setting myself up for a problem?

[Aleph-Noll]

im looking for something like this but that can be hung like a mirror vertically on the wall and has a plug so that i dont need to hardwire it for an art project, but i dont think they make them. i might have to DIY a solution

[seano]

Thanks for this- I have 8 of these to do this week. You saved my a**

[cliffordhuffman]

Great video. Thank you!! I am replacing my parents kitchen lighting with 2 2x4 LED lights.

[danshearer]

Thanks wasn't sure how or what to do at the junction box

[philiphernandez]

Is there way to manualy dim these without a dimmer?

[leoread]

Thanks a lot for making the installation video easy to understand and follow.

[blackyslash]

This might be a stupid question but, If the ground cable (green cable ) is not well connected to the ground (solid) cable, can compromise the LED lights?

[tbc]

Thanks for your video, this is great. I would like to install 3 LED light panels on a ceiling above a drop ceiling and was hoping there would be a way to wire them in series so I only had to wire the last one to the ceiling box. But I haven’t seen any panels for sale that advertise this feature. Is this anything you’ve come across? Thanks again, this was an excellent tutorial.

[GothamCenobites]

Where did you get your panel? Did they have black frames?

[arealmaintenanceandrepairl]

Houses that have the recessed boxes for tubes lights they have a 2x4 plastic sheet cover can I use these for that install delete light and clear cover and install this led

[Applejba]

Hi - thanks for the video! I am replacing a number of florescent lights in my 3 car garage.

Will the existing wiring (black and white) work with this type of light?

[brandonpetrilla]

Quick question what’s the mounting procedure for a drop ceiling? will the led panel just sit like the original fluorescent fixture did?

[camrynhunter]

This is awesome. Was just watching other videos. How to install panels. This is perfect. 💯 Thanks a bunch