Junction Box

[woobie82]

My wife and I moved into our house a few months ago. SO needless to say, I've had plenty of little jobs to take care of.

The next one I am a little unsure of...

There is a flood light above the garage, the swtich located in the upper hallway. It is on the same line as the the hall lights, and the lights on the front porch.

In the corner of the garage, the wire running from the hall switch comes from the ceiling. The wire for the light is coming the garage wall. Right now, they are only attached by tape. No box (which makes me wonder how it passed inspection, but that is another story.)

Is adding a junction box a difficult job? I'm not super-handy, but not worthless either. Is it a pretty self explanatory job? Shut down power-- attach box to the wall -- attach wires in the box--close box--turn on power.....or am I making it sound too simple? Thanks for the help everyone.

[Rewired]

quote:Originally posted by woobie82

My wife and I moved into our house a few months ago. SO needless to say, I've had plenty of little jobs to take care of.

The next one I am a little unsure of...

There is a flood light above the garage, the swtich located in the upper hallway. It is on the same line as the the hall lights, and the lights on the front porch.

In the corner of the garage, the wire running from the hall switch comes from the ceiling. The wire for the light is coming the garage wall. Right now, they are only attached by tape. No box (which makes me wonder how it passed inspection, but that is another story.)

Is adding a junction box a difficult job? I'm not super-handy, but not worthless either. Is it a pretty self explanatory job? Shut down power-- attach box to the wall -- attach wires in the box--close box--turn on power.....or am I making it sound too simple? Thanks for the help everyone.

Ya its a simple job to add a juction box, and you have the right idea on how to do it. Just when you do make sure you just dont run the wires into the knockouts on the box, you must use a box "connector" to clamp the wire down properly, that is if the box doesnt already have one.. Staple the wire up so that its not hanging and can't get damaged easily, and so it looks NEAT ( it will attract less attention that way) and thats it.. close it up and its done!

[irregularjoe]

and if it's outdoors, use a rainproof box, connectors, and cover.

quote:Originally posted by Rewired

quote:Originally posted by woobie82

My wife and I moved into our house a few months ago. SO needless to say, I've had plenty of little jobs to take care of.

The next one I am a little unsure of...

There is a flood light above the garage, the swtich located in the upper hallway. It is on the same line as the the hall lights, and the lights on the front porch.

In the corner of the garage, the wire running from the hall switch comes from the ceiling. The wire for the light is coming the garage wall. Right now, they are only attached by tape. No box (which makes me wonder how it passed inspection, but that is another story.)

Is adding a junction box a difficult job? I'm not super-handy, but not worthless either. Is it a pretty self explanatory job? Shut down power-- attach box to the wall -- attach wires in the box--close box--turn on power.....or am I making it sound too simple? Thanks for the help everyone.

Ya its a simple job to add a juction box, and you have the right idea on how to do it. Just when you do make sure you just dont run the wires into the knockouts on the box, you must use a box "connector" to clamp the wire down properly, that is if the box doesnt already have one.. Staple the wire up so that its not hanging and can't get damaged easily, and so it looks NEAT ( it will attract less attention that way) and thats it.. close it up and its done!

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