How to Hang a Chandelier Using a Hickey

If a chandelier's nipple is not the same size as that of the fixture box, use a a hickey instead. A hickey is a fastener that has male adapter ends on both sides. There is a gap between the top and the bottom of the hickey so that you can slip wiring through. Nipples are double-sided female adapters featuring threaded halves that run in opposite directions. The hickey will allow the fixture box's nipple to meet with the nipple of a chandelier hook or collar.

Hickey
Wing nuts
Chandelier

Instructions

- 1
  Turn off the power at the junction box.
- 2
  Run the fixture wires through the center ring at the top of the hickey. Thread the center ring in a clockwise direction at the top to the electrical box nipple.
- 3
  Slip the chandelier's wiring through the lower hole in the hickey. Match up the home's and chandelier's positive and negative wires and use wing nuts to secure each pair of wires together.
- 4
  Slip a lock nut inside the gap at the center of the hickey. Thread the lower nipple into the bottom home of the hickey and into the lock nut.
- 5
  Place the canopy over the fixture box with the lower nipple protruding out of the center. Secure the canopy to the fixture box using the supplied fasteners.
- 6
  Attach the chandelier collar or hook to the nipple end that is protruding out of the center of the canopy cover. Hang the chandelier from the collar or hook.
- 7
  Turn on the power to the chandelier to make sure it is working properly.

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