Hi, I just bought a replacement light fixture identical to the old one (single incandescent bulb, ceiling globe with insulation in the base, one white wire and one black wire). However, the new fixture requires 90-degree conductors minimum. I already threw away the old fixture (DOH!). I can't determine if it required 90-degree conductors. How do I determine if the conductors are compliant? If it helps, the can has two solid copper wires, one white and one black. It also has an exposed ground wire. Our condo was built in around 1981 in Southern California. Thanks, Rivkamar p.s. I checked the cable in the crawl space. The following info was imprinted on the cable: E42096 UNIFLEX TYPE NM 12/2 W6 (UL) 600V

I installed a series of Portfolio brand xenon lightbars (from Lowes) under the cabinets in the kitchen. In an attempt to take the easy route, I utilized an existing outlet located in an "appliance garage" on the counter. The entire series of lightbars are linked together, with the final cord routed to the inside of the appliance garage. Plugged directly into the outlet everything works fine. However, without enough forethought I did this all with the intention of using this little touchpad dimmer (same Portfolio brand) that was sold next to all the undercabinet lighting (the kind that plugs into the outlet and then you plug you light into) - so all cords would be secured out of site and I would just mount the tiny touchpad on the outside of this appliance garage. My chain of lights amounts to a total of 19 60-watt xenon bulbs (1140 total watts). I unfortunately wasn't thinking enough to realize that the dimmer was only rated to 200 watts (could be considered a lamp-dimmer). Am I correct in understanding that I will need a dimmer that is rated at 1100+ watts? The highest one I've seen is 1000-watts in a wall-mounted style. For simplicity, I would obviously prefer to find another lamp-dimmer style that I could just plug into without any wiring (or cutting into the tile backsplash), but looking for advice on what is the "safe" thing to do. Thanks