Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Recessed Lighting Plan
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mckennwa
02-02-09, 09:39 PM
All, I plan to install some recessed lighting this weekend and hope someone would look over my shoulder (virtually).
I have purchased 14/2 romex, 4 Halo IC Sealed 6" Can lights, and a dimmer switch.
My current plan is to form a new junction box between a current home run I ran to a new 15 W breaker when installing a light in my attic.
Then I will install the 4 can lights, with one light feeding two lights directly and the third via one of those two.
A second new junction box will connect the hot wire from the master light to the hot wire from a single piece of romex switch loop. The neutral wire in the romex (which I will label properly as hot) will then connect to the hot wire in a piece of romex from the first junction box into the second. The neutral from the master light will connect to the neutral in the romex running from the first junction box into the second. Then the grounds from the switch loop, master light, and piece of romex coming from the first junction box will be connected together in the second junction box.
In addition, I will need to notch a horizontal support piece between two studs in order to run the switch loop. I plan to put a nail stop in place over this.
Anything I am missing?
Thanks in advance, I am looking forward to the project.
I have purchased 14/2 romex, 4 Halo IC Sealed 6" Can lights, and a dimmer switch.
My current plan is to form a new junction box between a current home run I ran to a new 15 W breaker when installing a light in my attic.
Then I will install the 4 can lights, with one light feeding two lights directly and the third via one of those two.
A second new junction box will connect the hot wire from the master light to the hot wire from a single piece of romex switch loop. The neutral wire in the romex (which I will label properly as hot) will then connect to the hot wire in a piece of romex from the first junction box into the second. The neutral from the master light will connect to the neutral in the romex running from the first junction box into the second. Then the grounds from the switch loop, master light, and piece of romex coming from the first junction box will be connected together in the second junction box.
In addition, I will need to notch a horizontal support piece between two studs in order to run the switch loop. I plan to put a nail stop in place over this.
Anything I am missing?
Thanks in advance, I am looking forward to the project.
chandler
02-03-09, 05:18 AM
Welcome to the forums! I think I understand what you plan to do. Bring an energized cable from your attic light location, use the junction box there for this connection. Take the cable to your first light, second light, third light and fourth light. From the first light, install your switch loop and send it to your switch. Each light contains its own junction box so adding others won't be necessary.
John Nelson
02-03-09, 08:19 AM
One difference I see between experienced and inexperienced electrical work is that the inexperienced seem to want to use a lot of junction boxes--maybe it simplifies their thinking. The experienced make all of the necessary splices in boxes already containing lights and receptacles and switches. There's nothing inherently wrong with the extra junction boxes, but they are extra expense, extra work, additional points of failure, cosmetically unattractive (probably not an issue in the attic), in the way, and greatly complicate debugging future problems.