sparky_not
February 24th, 2005, 06:06 AM
Hi,
I'm running some wiring in a reno I'm doing to my house near Edmonton Alberta. I have a couple of questions.
1. If I am running wiring in the attic space (just a regular bungalow with a 4-12 pitch roof), what precautions do I need to take? I suppose I can't just lay my 90NMD 14-2 wire across the top of the insulation, can I? Can I use BX in this fashion in the attic? Can I put the NMD in plastic conduit and secure the conduit to the top of the ceiling joists when running 90 degrees to the joists? If I do use conduit, how close to the actual box do I have to get?
2. If I combine lights and one receptacle on a single 15 amp circuit, what is the maximum load I should allow from the lights (in other words, how many watts should I leave available for the receptacle. The receptacle will likely only be used for decorative lights around the stair railing during he Christmas season?
3. I would like to run an outdoor receptacle on a timed circuit. I am thinking of running a wire between the GFCI outdoor receptacle and another indoor receptacle placed in the storage room. Then, beside that indoor receptacle wired to the outdoor receptacle, I want to put another live receptacle (in a separate box) running on a dedicated circuit from the panel. I could then plug an inexpensive, reliable, indoor store bought timer into the live receptacle and run a small patch cord (male on both ends) between the timer and the receptacle connected to the outdoor receptacle. I know this sounds ludicrous, and may even be against code. I just can't think of a neater, better way to create a timed outdoor circuit which will give me all the flexibility and convenience I need. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
4. I have read in this forum that you can't combine outdoor receptacles with outdoor lighting. I have also read that you can't combine indoor receptacles/fixtures with outdoor receptacles. My question is, can I run outdoor lighting and indoor lighting/receptacles on the same circuit?
5. I have an older house with some short wires running up inside the walls to which I have no access. In particular, I have 3 separate circuits all in close proximity to each other, each serving only one endpoint (1 - a refrigerator, 2 - an outdoor plug, and 3 - a kitchen counter plug/above the sink light fixture). I ran 3 lengths of 14-2 from the panel to the location. I chose to connect the short wires to my new runs of 14-2 in one junction box located inside a small utility closet. The junction box is actually a double, gang style receptacle box, 3" deep. Have I got too many wires running into this box? Again, there are 3 circuits which amounts to 6 hot wires, 6 neutral wires and 6 ground wires pigtailed to additional short ground wires attached to the grounding screws in the box. This makes a total of 9 connections/mirretts.
If anyone has time to answer some or all of these questions, that would be totally awesome. I am going to pick up a copy of the 'simplified electrical code' one of these days. I tried once, but the store was sold out at the time.
I'm running some wiring in a reno I'm doing to my house near Edmonton Alberta. I have a couple of questions.
1. If I am running wiring in the attic space (just a regular bungalow with a 4-12 pitch roof), what precautions do I need to take? I suppose I can't just lay my 90NMD 14-2 wire across the top of the insulation, can I? Can I use BX in this fashion in the attic? Can I put the NMD in plastic conduit and secure the conduit to the top of the ceiling joists when running 90 degrees to the joists? If I do use conduit, how close to the actual box do I have to get?
2. If I combine lights and one receptacle on a single 15 amp circuit, what is the maximum load I should allow from the lights (in other words, how many watts should I leave available for the receptacle. The receptacle will likely only be used for decorative lights around the stair railing during he Christmas season?
3. I would like to run an outdoor receptacle on a timed circuit. I am thinking of running a wire between the GFCI outdoor receptacle and another indoor receptacle placed in the storage room. Then, beside that indoor receptacle wired to the outdoor receptacle, I want to put another live receptacle (in a separate box) running on a dedicated circuit from the panel. I could then plug an inexpensive, reliable, indoor store bought timer into the live receptacle and run a small patch cord (male on both ends) between the timer and the receptacle connected to the outdoor receptacle. I know this sounds ludicrous, and may even be against code. I just can't think of a neater, better way to create a timed outdoor circuit which will give me all the flexibility and convenience I need. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
4. I have read in this forum that you can't combine outdoor receptacles with outdoor lighting. I have also read that you can't combine indoor receptacles/fixtures with outdoor receptacles. My question is, can I run outdoor lighting and indoor lighting/receptacles on the same circuit?
5. I have an older house with some short wires running up inside the walls to which I have no access. In particular, I have 3 separate circuits all in close proximity to each other, each serving only one endpoint (1 - a refrigerator, 2 - an outdoor plug, and 3 - a kitchen counter plug/above the sink light fixture). I ran 3 lengths of 14-2 from the panel to the location. I chose to connect the short wires to my new runs of 14-2 in one junction box located inside a small utility closet. The junction box is actually a double, gang style receptacle box, 3" deep. Have I got too many wires running into this box? Again, there are 3 circuits which amounts to 6 hot wires, 6 neutral wires and 6 ground wires pigtailed to additional short ground wires attached to the grounding screws in the box. This makes a total of 9 connections/mirretts.
If anyone has time to answer some or all of these questions, that would be totally awesome. I am going to pick up a copy of the 'simplified electrical code' one of these days. I tried once, but the store was sold out at the time.
