I have just recently put in garbage disposal and only had one switch that was close enough for the disposal but it controled the light above the sink so went and got a double pole switch and wired the disposal that way but my question is when I turn the switch on for the light it stays on for a while then shuts off for a while then comes back on and this happens repeatedly and when we use the disposal all the lights in the living room and dining room blink for a sec is this OK or do I need to install a 2 seperate switches (wife won't be happy if I have to install a 2 gang box hates it when we have to cut the dry wall but oh well) Thanks Robin

I want to add a new 20a/120v circuit to an existing surface mounted circuit breaker panel. All knockouts at the top of the panel are being used. Therefore I would like to use a side knockout. The panel backboard is mounted on 2x4s and spaced out from a concrete block wall. Basement is unfinished. Can I come down the face of the wooden backboard and surface staple Romex? If ok then make a cable side entry into the panel. Are there limits as to how much exposed Romex can be surface stapled? Are Romex cables installed using this method considered protected? or Do I need to come down behind the panel backboard with the Romex? Then drill the backboard a few inches to the right of the panel knockout -- then feed the Romex through from behind the backboard and enter the side knockout? Then no surface stapling of the Romex is required. This sounds like the correct method -- if so how much Romex can be exposed between the hole and the panel knockout once you come through the panel backboard? or other? Thanks again, Bob