I currently have one light (seems to be end of run) and one switch, and want to put up some wall lights with the switches side by side in a new partition wall. I then want to install another light in the new hallway I've just created. My question is do I take the feed from the light fitting or the switch - or does that depend on the current wiring? Im pretty ok at understanding electrics and have recently done some work such as hooking up a new feed from the fuse box to the dishwasher, and new recepticles/hood etc, but have never had to do this before. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. James

Team - I'm so glad I found an active forum with some good advice. Hopefully someone can help me out...or rather confirm what I believe to be true. Most of my knowledge is from basic and advanced wiring books (from the library at Home Depot) and what I remember from High School shop class 12 years ago. :) I'm going to get it inspected before I go final, but I don't want to look too clueless for the inspector, not being an electrician myself. Here goes... - Situation: want to modify outlet to constant power & use former switch to control new recessed lighting (6 lights) - Questions: (I'll call posts in components top/bottom left/right -- I'm not sure what the trade designation is) -- Switched outlet is comprised of neutral going in the top left, and out the bottom left - to a constant power outlet down the wall. Red comes in to the top left from the switch, black is pigtailed from the power in and out to the next outlet. **To make this constant power, do I simple disconnect the red, and run the black from the power in to the top right and out through the bottom right to the next outlet?? And then cap the single red at the switch and the outlet?? ** -- For running remodel can lights across a ceiling, do they need to be stapled against the 2 x 4?? (Because I was hoping to minimalize the numbers of holes I cut in my ceiling) -- To modify the switch to control the lights, do I (1) simply pig tail the white going to the lights in the existing pigtail; (2) run the black from the power in (presently pigtailed as well with another switch sending power through a different switch to a light) in the top right of the switch, out the bottom right to the lights (ground pigtailed as well obviously...); lastly, because the lights diverge and aren't in a single line, I want to verify that not only do whites and blacks get tied together into the light down the line, but when 2 are connected back through a single light, its okay to connect the 3 whites & 3 blacks at the light from which the current branches. Thats a lot. Thanks in advance! There's more coming after this project! Matt