Anonymous
September 14th, 2002, 12:04 PM
Posted by: Wgoodrich
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 2:07 pm
Matt you post got archived and I missed your reply and pictures due to moving this forum to a new forum program and new hosting design coming shortly.
Below is a copy of your replies and questions that you issued. Sorry for the mix up. Hope to have everything back to normal and much better next week.
Matt's reply;
You said:
For being a newey in this forum you seemed to have shown some been there done that skills by posting your own drawing shown in your reply and your wiring design both, congrats.
Reply:
Thanks, this message board is great and pretty easy to use. I read a lot of posts before I posted my own to get a feel for the board. I did the drawing in VISIO, lucky that I have a copy here at work.
MY REPLY;
You did good in your skills. I also corrected your multiple pictures that should appear when the new forum is up and running.
You said:
A couple of questions arise in your drawing. You show two receptacles that run a line to each other but no line to any power source. Are these two receptacles retired?
Reply:
No, the drawing gets a little confusing there. Power comes from the closed junction to the first outlet then to the second. I split the switch and light off the first outlet.
MY REPLY;
Look at your schematic, you show two receptacles that have a cable between but no cable showing going to the junction box.
Reply;
The 4 wires entering the junction box are 12/2 wGrnd and it is a single blue plastic box.
MY REPLY;
I picked that up the two receptacles that I questioned are to the right part of the schematic drawing that are standing alone with no cable coming from that new junction box as I am seeing it.
Reply;
One of the switched lights added was for the attic access and the switch is right there when you open the access door.
The other is for the closet itself.
One thing I should mention is that the closet is going to be used for storage. It is 13' X 3'. I am hoping to get my wife to e-mail me a pic of it and I will post that.
The other thing is that the house is new construction and less that a year old so it has smoke detectors in every room.
MY REPLY;
If you have a storage closet and it is not a clothes closet then the clearances do not apply. The 24" for incandescent and 18" for flourescent fixtures are controlling clothes closets only.
Thanks for the quick reply,
Matt
Your picturs threw one flag in my mind that I wanted to mention. I noticed that you are using metal studs mixiing romex with those metal studs. This is allowed only if you install protective grommets wherever the Romex passes through any metal studs to protect the Romex from being cut by the sharp edges of the metal studs. Just wanted to point that out. Supporting Romex to metal studs is normally done by a plastic loop supporting device that wraps around the Romex and then screws to the side of the metal studs.
Sorry for missing your post on the 10th this being the 14 th, hopefully these snags will be corrected early next week when we get the new forum up and running. You probably won't see a difference in the new forum program or how you link to it unless you have us marked in your favorites on you browser. Then you may want to make a new link to the new forum. Otherwise we are planning on creating auto forwarding links to get you to the new forum location. Changing your favorites link address will get you to the new forum location faster rather than running the rerouter path once we are up and running.
Thanks for your patience
Wg
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 2:07 pm
Matt you post got archived and I missed your reply and pictures due to moving this forum to a new forum program and new hosting design coming shortly.
Below is a copy of your replies and questions that you issued. Sorry for the mix up. Hope to have everything back to normal and much better next week.
Matt's reply;
You said:
For being a newey in this forum you seemed to have shown some been there done that skills by posting your own drawing shown in your reply and your wiring design both, congrats.
Reply:
Thanks, this message board is great and pretty easy to use. I read a lot of posts before I posted my own to get a feel for the board. I did the drawing in VISIO, lucky that I have a copy here at work.
MY REPLY;
You did good in your skills. I also corrected your multiple pictures that should appear when the new forum is up and running.
You said:
A couple of questions arise in your drawing. You show two receptacles that run a line to each other but no line to any power source. Are these two receptacles retired?
Reply:
No, the drawing gets a little confusing there. Power comes from the closed junction to the first outlet then to the second. I split the switch and light off the first outlet.
MY REPLY;
Look at your schematic, you show two receptacles that have a cable between but no cable showing going to the junction box.
Reply;
The 4 wires entering the junction box are 12/2 wGrnd and it is a single blue plastic box.
MY REPLY;
I picked that up the two receptacles that I questioned are to the right part of the schematic drawing that are standing alone with no cable coming from that new junction box as I am seeing it.
Reply;
One of the switched lights added was for the attic access and the switch is right there when you open the access door.
The other is for the closet itself.
One thing I should mention is that the closet is going to be used for storage. It is 13' X 3'. I am hoping to get my wife to e-mail me a pic of it and I will post that.
The other thing is that the house is new construction and less that a year old so it has smoke detectors in every room.
MY REPLY;
If you have a storage closet and it is not a clothes closet then the clearances do not apply. The 24" for incandescent and 18" for flourescent fixtures are controlling clothes closets only.
Thanks for the quick reply,
Matt
Your picturs threw one flag in my mind that I wanted to mention. I noticed that you are using metal studs mixiing romex with those metal studs. This is allowed only if you install protective grommets wherever the Romex passes through any metal studs to protect the Romex from being cut by the sharp edges of the metal studs. Just wanted to point that out. Supporting Romex to metal studs is normally done by a plastic loop supporting device that wraps around the Romex and then screws to the side of the metal studs.
Sorry for missing your post on the 10th this being the 14 th, hopefully these snags will be corrected early next week when we get the new forum up and running. You probably won't see a difference in the new forum program or how you link to it unless you have us marked in your favorites on you browser. Then you may want to make a new link to the new forum. Otherwise we are planning on creating auto forwarding links to get you to the new forum location. Changing your favorites link address will get you to the new forum location faster rather than running the rerouter path once we are up and running.
Thanks for your patience
Wg
