How-To Booklet: Installing Track Lighting

Track lights are adjustable fixtures that are plugged into prewired channel-like devices, call tracks, which install on a ceiling (Figure 1).

If installing more than one track in a room and you want to interconnect them, find out if the manufacturer of the kit offers firrings for the desired straight, L-, T-, or X-shaped configuration (Figure 2).

Typical end of run grounded switch (Figure 3).

If working with gypsum wallboard, attach the junction boc to an adjustable hanger bar. Then screw the bar into the joists from the attic side so the junction box is in the ceiling hold (Figure 4).If working with plaster, screw the junction box to an offset hanger bar and screw the bar to the bottom of the joists from the room side (Figure 5).

Turning the connector as tightly as possible will ensure a secure and proper connection. Check that the skirt of the wire covers all the wire from which you stripped insulation. Tug each wire to make sure the wire connector is properly connected (Figure 6).

Step 2) Unscrew the back cover from the end cap (if there is one), and screw the plate from the kit onto the cap. This plate is designated to cover the hole junction box in the ceiling (Figure 7).

Step 4) Connect the Romex (or BX) cable neutral (white) wire to the neutral (silver) terminal screw in the cap or to the white wire extending from the cap. Then connect the cable green or bare (ground) wire to the center (ground) screw, or to the green or bare wire in the end cap. See Diagrams. (Figures 8-10).

Step 5) Use toggle bolts or anchor screws to attach the track ceiling (Figure 11).