How To Wire Kitchen Pendant Light Fixtures

Install and Wiring Pendant Light Fixtures: The Process for Wiring Pendant Light Fixtures, I’d like to hang some pendant lights over a kitchen island. © By: Dave Rongey

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Installing Pendant Kitchen Light Fixtures
Electrical Question: I’d like to hang some pendant lights over a kitchen island but don’t have direct access to the ceiling due to a ceiling fan.

• My ceiling is 12 feet tall and I would like to run a decorative electrical chase (rigid channel) between two existing timbers, 8 feet off the floor and drop my pendants from there.
• The problem I have is that I don’t have anywhere to put junction boxes anywhere other than on the adjacent beam.
• Would this be to code if I made all my connections in the box and ran continuous runs to the fixtures?

Thanks in advance.

This electrical wiring question came from: Chris, a Homeowner from Avon, New York.

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Dave’s Reply:
Thanks for your electrical wiring question Chris.

Wiring Kitchen Pendant Light Fixtures

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate – Best installed by a Licensed Electrician.
Tools Required: Basic Electricians Pouch Hand Tools, a non-aluminum ladder and Voltage Tester.
Estimated Time: Depends on personal level experience, ability to work with tools and access to the light fixture(s).
Precaution: Identify the light circuit, turn it OFF and  Tag it with a Note before working with the wiring.
Notice: Installing additional pendant light fixture wiring should be done according to local and national electrical codes with a permit and be inspected.

Wiring Methods for Pendant Light Fixtures

• The wiring can be installed into one central junction box.
• Continue the electrical wiring to each individual light fixture box.
• One option would be to take the incoming wire to the first pendant light box and then loop to the next pendant light box.
• Repeat the wiring for the number of pendant light that will be installed.
• The key is to have a junction box for each pendant light fixture.
• Size each fixture junction box being large enough to contain the number of wires that will be installed.

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