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Joined: Mar 2001
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Nothing like taking 2 hours to hang a light fixture and then finding out thats where your bad splice is. I do all my splicing at the switch now.
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Joined: Nov 2002
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Spyder;
I think a 3-wire to the outlets in said rooms like bed rms liv rms is a great method. Makes a better installation like you said for changing the room around.
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Joined: Oct 2000
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I try as much as possible to make-up in boxes which are "At Floor Level" - like Switches, Receptacles, etc.
Nothing sucks more than having to stand on a Ladder to do make-up!
Scott s.e.t.
Scott " 35 " Thompson
Just Say NO To Green Eggs And Ham!
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I do it at the switch.
does anyone else mark the "hot" cable coming into the j-box.
in the rough in, I put a piece of black electrical tape around the hot cable.
Is this leagal???
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Joined: Nov 2000
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spyder,
When it's iffy what the home-owner may want, I have been known to do as you said with switched receptacles and run 12-3.
On bid jobs with plans, they get exactly what's on the plan. Anything else is a change order. Period. (I'm getting tougher in my "old age"). Then, of course, it's simpler to run a switch loop if only one location is to be switched.
As always, I take each and every situation and weigh the pros and cons of each method.
Usually, but not always, I run the neutral through the switchbox.
-Virgil
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5 Star Inspections
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Joined: Jul 2002
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What I'll do with the ceiling boxes is to install a fan rated box. Installed directly to a 2x6 cat across two ceiling headers. This is in case they decide to install a fan later on. I might run a 3 wire up to the fan box, and cap the red leg, so it's there if I need it.
Happy Holidays
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switch loops are controversial, or at least in the art 200 white 'permanent' reidentification realm. Personnaly, i have little sympathy for whatever sector of the public there is that cannot deal with a white, black & bare in a box.... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/rolleyes.gif) and would require us to rethink this method. the guys with the guass meters , however, are an entirely different trip....
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In areas where it is forseeable that a ceiling fan may be added i feed the ceiling first, usually i feed the outlets from the ceiling in this situation
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