I have my new barn all wired up and ready for spray foam installation. Now I want to add flood lights on each end of the building. Of course, the sub-panel is exactly in the middle of the 2 floods, and I want both floods to be on the same circuit. Is it code compliant to run a wire from the breaker to one flood, and then run another wire to the flood on the other end of the barn using both terminals in the breaker? That would save almost 100 feet of wire.
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Flood Light Wiring in New Barn
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larry4406
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Some breakers are rated for double tap while others are not.
How are you switching the flood lights? Or not and using photoeye?
If direct wire would it require a panel lockout? Or are lockouts only for 240V direct wire devices?
How are you switching the flood lights? Or not and using photoeye?
If direct wire would it require a panel lockout? Or are lockouts only for 240V direct wire devices?
Yes, each flood has its own switch right next to the sub-panel.
It would be wired breaker to switch to flood on one end and breaker to switch to flood on the other end with both wires to the same breaker. I know I could add another breaker for the second flood, but don't see the necessity of a second breaker.
It would be wired breaker to switch to flood on one end and breaker to switch to flood on the other end with both wires to the same breaker. I know I could add another breaker for the second flood, but don't see the necessity of a second breaker.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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If the breaker is not rated for double tapping, why not join them in a duplex switch box?
grounded-b
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Splice the two feeds together in a 1900 box and run one set of wires to the breaker/neutral bar
rockettauto
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Idk about your wiring question but I just got these installed on mine.
I almost got the 150w version but I'm glad I didn't. They are BRIGHT. Each is pretty well equal to daylight condition for an area 70% the size of an infield and lit like normal floodlights for a long ways after that.
I almost got the 150w version but I'm glad I didn't. They are BRIGHT. Each is pretty well equal to daylight condition for an area 70% the size of an infield and lit like normal floodlights for a long ways after that.
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