Replaced more recessed lights

Back in November 2021 I replaced some malfunctioning recessed LED lights in the kitchen / galley of our coach.

The half bath also had three lights that weren’t working properly, either very dim or flashing. We have a couple of motion-activated lights in there, and generally don’t use the ceiling lights, so it hasn’t been a high priority. But I finally got around to fixing them.

Here’s one of the old lights, with the cover removed:

Old light

A replacement light:

New light

I replaced the first of the three lights with wire nuts, as I had for the previous replacements, but for the second I thought I’d try heat shrink wire connectors, since that is what Tiffin used throughout the coach:

Heat shrink wire connectors

I got a hot air gun to use with those:

Heat gun

The replaced light, using those connectors, before heat shrinking:

Replaced light

Done:

Replaced light

The third light was trickier. The wires were very short; too short to use those connectors:

Short wires

But I came across a cunning technique: putting a wire cap in the end of a drill, to get more reach and leverage in twisting them on:

Wire cap in drill

It wasn’t easy, but I got them connected using that technique:

Wires connected

The replaced light mounted:

Replaced light

And with the cover on:

Replaced lights

All three replaced lights (the ones that are off didn’t need repairing; only the three vanity lights):

Replaced lights

I’m glad to have that repair finally done.