Multiple Outdoor Lights from Junction Box
#1
05-31-03, 09:02 AM
Multiple Outdoor Lights from Junction Box
Hi Everyone,
I am planning to locate 4, 50 watt outdoor rated halogen lights at the 4 corners of my driveway. I will be using hard PVC and outdoor rated 14/2 cable. I understand the requirements for he hook-up from the electrical panel to the exterior junction box that will be affixed to my exterior wall; however, I need some assistance in determining the best way to effeciently route my wire to these 4 lights.
I would prefer to have the conduit (and wire) come down into the ground, directly at the side of the house where the junction box is affixed. From there, I would like to run a single conduit approximately 6 feet (barried underground) to a barried junction box where two conduit lines emerge - one line would travel from the junction down the Left side of the driveway and the other conduit line would run accross the driveways and then bend at 90 degrees and run dow the right side.
Can I burry a waterproof junction box in the ground or do I need to rethink my plan so that I run 4 seperate conduit lines from the junction box above ground that is affixed to the house?
I will appreciate your thoughts on this matter
I am planning to locate 4, 50 watt outdoor rated halogen lights at the 4 corners of my driveway. I will be using hard PVC and outdoor rated 14/2 cable. I understand the requirements for he hook-up from the electrical panel to the exterior junction box that will be affixed to my exterior wall; however, I need some assistance in determining the best way to effeciently route my wire to these 4 lights.
I would prefer to have the conduit (and wire) come down into the ground, directly at the side of the house where the junction box is affixed. From there, I would like to run a single conduit approximately 6 feet (barried underground) to a barried junction box where two conduit lines emerge - one line would travel from the junction down the Left side of the driveway and the other conduit line would run accross the driveways and then bend at 90 degrees and run dow the right side.
Can I burry a waterproof junction box in the ground or do I need to rethink my plan so that I run 4 seperate conduit lines from the junction box above ground that is affixed to the house?
I will appreciate your thoughts on this matter
#2
05-31-03, 09:53 AM
Hi Steve:
If you use a junction box it has to be accessable and can not be covered up. From the info that you provided it sounds to me like you should install a slightly larger conduit and use a tee fitting on the single conduit coming from the house then run the conductor from the panel to the first light and then from the first light back to the tee and go to the second light. The splice will be in the first light fixture. kind of an in and out application like connecting outlets. Good luck
If you use a junction box it has to be accessable and can not be covered up. From the info that you provided it sounds to me like you should install a slightly larger conduit and use a tee fitting on the single conduit coming from the house then run the conductor from the panel to the first light and then from the first light back to the tee and go to the second light. The splice will be in the first light fixture. kind of an in and out application like connecting outlets. Good luck
