Retrofit led canopy luminaire assembly and method of installing same

A method of retrofitting a canopy luminaire having a canopy fixture supported by a canopy deck and including a fixture base located beneath the canopy deck, a lamp socket housing operatively connected to, and extending upwardly from the fixture base and through the canopy deck, a lamp socket supported within the lamp socket housing, a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp mounted in the lamp socket, a reflector supported beneath the fixture base through which a portion of HID lamp extends, a frame and lens assembly movably connected to the fixture base and enclosing the HID lamp, and a ballast housing located above the canopy deck and operatively connected to the lamp socket housing, the method comprising the steps of:

• disconnecting and removing the frame and lens assembly from the fixture base;
• removing the HID lamp from the lamp socket;
• removing the reflector from the fixture base;
• removing the lamp socket from the lamp socket housing;
• mounting a retrofit adaptor bracket defining a central opening therethrough to the canopy deck with the fixture base received within the central opening;
• supporting a wire guide body having at least one passageway extending therethrough within the lamp socket housing;
• providing a retrofit LED canopy luminaire having electrical leads that are electrically coupled to, and extend outwardly from, the retrofit LED canopy luminaire;
• routing the electrical leads extending outwardly from the retrofit LED canopy luminaire through the at least one passageway of the wire guide body and into the ballast housing;
• and
• mounting the retrofit LED canopy luminaire to the retrofit adaptor bracket.