Home Electrical Wiring for Basement Outlets and Switches
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How to Install Electrical Wiring for Basement Lights and Receptacles: Wiring Basement Switches and Receptacles, Planning Your Electrical Project. © By: Dave Rongey |
Home Wiring for Basement Lights and Receptacles
Electrical Question: I want to run a separate circuit to a newly added partition room in the basement.
- I would like 4 receptacles, one light switch and one light.
- How can I tie four receptacles and a light to one switch and be able to have on going power to the receptacles without the light switch being on?
- Should I use a tie in box to tie in all the wires?
This electrical question came from: Mike, a Homeowner from Colorado.
Additional Comments: I love this website. I will be using more often ! In fact I love electrical so much I want to start going for my journeyman’s license sometime in the future.
Dave’s Reply:
Thanks for your electrical wiring question Mike, and thank you for you nice comment, and best of luck to you and your electrical career.
How to Install Electrical Wiring for Basement Lights and Receptacles
- Wiring Basement Switches and Receptacles
- The electrical wiring and the connections will depend on where the power begins, or which device box or junction box.
- If the circuit power enters at the wall switch and the receptacles will be half-hot the a 3-wire cable is installed between the wall switch and the switched outlet or half-hot receptacle.
- If the power begins at the receptacle box then a 2-wire cable is installed between the receptacle box and the wall switch.
- Planning Your Electrical Project
- Planning out your basement electrical wiring project is the key, and this always begins with a drawing which is submitted to your local building department who will help you and provide all the necessary code enhancements and inspections.
- Once you are able to see what is to be wired then you plan you circuits, because obviously, not everything will be wired to the same circuit.
- Home Electrical Wiring Guide
- Home electrical wiring projects can get involved and require more information and resources, so consider getting a copy of my new book which will have all the details about Home Electrical Wiring which will guide you and provide all the electrical codes that apply as well.
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