You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Questions about routing my romex
- Thread starter Notgrownup
- Start date
OP
Notgrownup
Well-known member
My other question is, can I run 9 T8 4' twin lamps on 1 20amp breaker, split on 3 switches.
Hpozzuoli
Well-known member
New construction most guys I work with will go thru. Going from the top down will save you, future contractor, and a future buyer lots of headaches if they want to change anything.
I am not sure on question 2. I would say yes since they are switched. I am a GC and not an electrician.
I am not sure on question 2. I would say yes since they are switched. I am a GC and not an electrician.
Speedy Petey
Well-known member
Care to explain how this will save headaches?? Other than having a hole drilled in the top plate in a difficult area of an attic, I don't see your point.New construction most guys I work with will go thru. Going from the top down will save you, future contractor, and a future buyer lots of headaches if they want to change anything.
Sometimes we have to up and down due to obstacles and framing design, but mostly it's horizontal runs thru the studs.
If anything down and up uses about the same amount of wire but is MUCH more labor intensive.
What does them being switched have to do with it? It's a simple matter of math.I am not sure on question 2. I would say yes since they are switched. I am a GC and not an electrician.
On a 20A circuit you can have around 30 or so of these lights, regardless of how they are switched.
dfiler2
Well-known member
I'll take a shot at your second question, the 9 4 bulb fixtures would only draw about 9.6 amps, I just did the same thing except I used 2 switches, I put the center row on 1 switch and the 2 outside rows on the other. I put them on a 15 amp circuit.
Speedy Petey
Well-known member
Where are you getting 1 amp draw for a 2/32 T8 fixture?? It's around 1/2 an amp.I'll take a shot at your second question, the 9 4 bulb fixtures would only draw about 9.6 amps, I just did the same thing except I used 2 switches, I put the center row on 1 switch and the 2 outside rows on the other. I put them on a 15 amp circuit.
OP
Notgrownup
Well-known member
Ok so 1 12/2 for all my T8 fixture is plenty, I will run my attic light , a double switched flood and a entry light on another breaker, 3 20amp breakers for my wall receptacle and a 20a 220 for my compressor.
mhoss44
Well-known member
Should start wire at receptacle, run approx. length to Breaker, cut and run back through. Way I did it, and it worked for me. I had purlings I nailed studs to, the ran the wire behind the studs. Went back and secured with electric staples. Also, I have an open to the peak. I ran wire along the Joists, speaker wire also, to get to my lights. I ran all the receptacle through the walls. I know the code style for new homes is through the studs, I think its whether or not something will go on the top plate of your studs. Whether this is shop/barn or home, or attached to home like a garage. I think stay as close to "code" as possible, so someone can easily figure out 30 years from now, like kids or grandkids, if we aren't there. I tend to ask myself, "Is this going to be OK for grandkids ?" (which I don't have any yet) .
Last edited:
dfiler2
Well-known member
Where are you getting 1 amp draw for a 2/32 T8 fixture?? It's around 1/2 an amp.
Oops, I misread that as 9- 8' 4 bulb, somehow. My dyslexia must be acting up again. You are correct, it would be a total of 5.2 amps.
Last edited: