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Posted by Bond on November 22, 2006, 10:48 pm
I am just starting to finish part of my basement and just completed
the framing. I would like to install 5 receptacles and some recessed
lighting (6 of them), along with a dimmer switch for the light. My
plan is to create a new cicuit (there is room on the breaker). I am
having problems putting my head around how the wiring will work for the
circuit. Questions I have is can all this be put on 1 circuit? I am
running the wire from the breaker, to the receptacles (in series), to a
light switch, and then to each of the recessed lights ... is this right
method? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Posted by on November 22, 2006, 11:07 pm
Can it be done??? Sure would I do it? Well, that depends on what you
plan on running in the room? 6 recessed lights at say 100 watts each
would be 600 watts right there in lighting.
15 amps x 110 volts = 1650 watts. So at 1650 - 600 = 1050 watts
avail.
What can run at 1050 watts? Lots of things, but again it all depends
on what you want to run in the room. Another idea is that you might
want to run a 20 amp circuit down there instead of a 15. That'll give
you a little extra power just in case. Now normally what people do is
run a seperate light circuit and a seperate circuit for outlets. If
you short out the outlet at least the lights above would still be on.
Another thing to consider is that if you have water nearby you should
run a gfci breaker or outlet. If the wiring is going to be left
exposed on the walls (opposite of the finished walls) you need to have
it use armored cable. Otherwise if all is closed up Romex should be
fine.
Tom
Bond wrote:
> I am just starting to finish part of my basement and just completed
> the framing. I would like to install 5 receptacles and some recessed
> lighting (6 of them), along with a dimmer switch for the light. My
> plan is to create a new cicuit (there is room on the breaker). I am
> having problems putting my head around how the wiring will work for the
> circuit. Questions I have is can all this be put on 1 circuit? I am
> running the wire from the breaker, to the receptacles (in series), to a
> light switch, and then to each of the recessed lights ... is this right
> method? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Posted by smcjensen on November 23, 2006, 10:28 am
If the wiring is going to be left
> exposed on the walls (opposite of the finished walls) you need to have
> it use armored cable. Otherwise if all is closed up Romex should be
> fine.
>
> Tom
regarding armored cable, when I built an additionional stall in my
garage and wired it, no drywall, exposed studs, the inspector had me
run wooden blocking in front of the wiring. I'm not sure that even
armored cable would meet code if left exposed because stuff can still
bang into it or hang up on it and pull connections loose. Totally
agree on buying a simple book to get the basics. Rather than work in
the breaker box, I did all the wiring except the connection to the
breaker box and hired an electrician for that. $80 well spent to stay
out of there.
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Posted by Doug Miller on November 23, 2006, 11:01 am
> regarding armored cable, when I built an additionional stall in my
>garage and wired it, no drywall, exposed studs, the inspector had me
>run wooden blocking in front of the wiring.
How close to the edges of the studs had you drilled the holes that you passed
the cable through? Code minimum is 1.25", and if you're closer than that, you
need *something* over it.
> I'm not sure that even
>armored cable would meet code if left exposed
Both BX ("armored cable") and MC (metal-clad cable) are explicitly approved
for exposed installation by the NEC
>because stuff can still bang into it
Yeah, that's why you use BX or MC for exposed wiring -- so that the metal
covering protects the conductors when stuff bangs into it. That's kinda the
point in using the armored stuff for exposed wiring, you know -- stuff can
bang into it.
>or hang up on it and pull connections loose.
If that's all it takes to pull a connection loose, the stuff wasn't properly
installed in the first place. Both BX and MC require cable clamps where
entering boxes, and if they're clamped properly with the proper type of clamp,
the connections can't be pulled loose accidentally.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on November 22, 2006, 11:53 pm
> I am just starting to finish part of my basement and just completed
> the framing. I would like to install 5 receptacles and some recessed
> lighting (6 of them), along with a dimmer switch for the light. My
> plan is to create a new cicuit (there is room on the breaker). I am
> having problems putting my head around how the wiring will work for the
> circuit. Questions I have is can all this be put on 1 circuit? I am
> running the wire from the breaker, to the receptacles (in series), to a
> light switch, and then to each of the recessed lights ... is this right
> method? Any help is greatly appreciated.
No, it is not right. Get a book. Really, it will have some simple diagrams
on how to properly do a layout. Fifteen dollars and a half hour will give
you a good basic education on home wiring.
You should not have the recepticals and light on only one circuit. Plug in
an appliance, trip the breaker, and you are sitting in the dark.
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