Quick Disconnect For MHL!!

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jose7878

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Hi Everyone , I decided to make a quick disconnect for my MHL. Due that everytime I had to remove my canopy i had to remove wiring nuts from my light to take it off.
 

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So. I went to my To my local hardware store and picked up a set of heavty duty plugs.
 

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So to get started I turned to power off the lights. Grab the wires with the wiring nuts a seperated them. I grab one end of the wire and ran it thru one of the new plug.
 

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Them I proceeded to connect the wires to the correct screws.
Silver screw -White wire
Green Screw - Green Wire
Gold screw - Black Wire
 

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Connect the rubber sleeve with the plug part tighten up the screws make sure to use a handheld screwdriver . Can possibly strip the screw.
 

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Do the same on the other end With the same procedure as the other end. THis is what you get .very simple to do .
 

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