Billsr: Wiring A Post Light
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Billsr: Wiring A Post Light
I am installing a light on my new lamp post. The electrician left a junction box with red, black, white wires and a ground wire. I ran black,white and ground wire romex through my conduit that was left to easy connect the light to the house wires. So my question is...i connected mu black fixture wire to black wire from romex and white fixture wire to white romex wire. Inside the house i am now unsure how to connect the black romex wire to the box. The box has red, black and white. I've connected white to white and black to black and this caused my breaker to break. I then connected romex black to red and left white with white and this blew my circuit as well. Help
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Romex is a brand name for type NM cable. Type NM is NOT listed for use outside or underground, even when in conduit. Also, cable (more than one conductor in a factory assembly with outer sheath) is not recommended to be installed in conduit except when needed for physical protection. You would be far better to use type THWN individual wires for the conduit run.
As for the problem at the junction box...without knowing how the electrician hooked things up I can't help.
As for the problem at the junction box...without knowing how the electrician hooked things up I can't help.
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I ran black,white and ground wire romex through my conduit that was left to easy connect the light to the house wires.
The box has red, black and white. I've connected white to white and black to black and this caused my breaker to break
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My general contractor had the electrician put a pvc pipe through my foundation under the ground and it ran underground all the way to the part of my yard where light post was to be installed. I went to home depot and bought wire to run through the pvc pipe to connct to the junction box my electrcian has wired. I bought the wire based on recommendation of gentleman helping me in home depot.
The wire i ran through the pvc pipe has a black, a white and a ground wire and it is encased in sheathing. It may or may not be romex - to be honest i am not sure.
I connected the light fixture wires to the wire running through the pvc pipe in the following way, black to black, whiTe to white and ground to ground.
The wire coming out of pvc pipe in my basement now needs to be connected to the box that the electrician wired which is connected to a switch that will hopefully turn my light post on and off.
My question still remains, the box has a red wire, a black wire and a ground wire but the wire that is connected to my fixture only has a black, white and ground wire.
So i did the following, i connected the red wire to the black fixture wire, then connected the white to the white and ground to the ground wires - when i turned on the switch, it caused my circuit breaker to break. I then disconnected everything and started again, connecting black fixture wire to black box wire, then white to white and ground to ground wires, this also caused my circuit to break.
Hope this detail helps. Still not sure what the problem is. Thanks
The wire i ran through the pvc pipe has a black, a white and a ground wire and it is encased in sheathing. It may or may not be romex - to be honest i am not sure.
I connected the light fixture wires to the wire running through the pvc pipe in the following way, black to black, whiTe to white and ground to ground.
The wire coming out of pvc pipe in my basement now needs to be connected to the box that the electrician wired which is connected to a switch that will hopefully turn my light post on and off.
My question still remains, the box has a red wire, a black wire and a ground wire but the wire that is connected to my fixture only has a black, white and ground wire.
So i did the following, i connected the red wire to the black fixture wire, then connected the white to the white and ground to the ground wires - when i turned on the switch, it caused my circuit breaker to break. I then disconnected everything and started again, connecting black fixture wire to black box wire, then white to white and ground to ground wires, this also caused my circuit to break.
Hope this detail helps. Still not sure what the problem is. Thanks
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The wire i ran through the pvc pipe has a black, a white and a ground wire and it is encased in sheathing. It may or may not be romex - to be honest i am not sure.
The wire coming out of pvc pipe in my basement now needs to be connected to the box that the electrician wired which is connected to a switch that will hopefully turn my light post on and off.
the box has a red wire, a black wire and a ground wire but the wire that is connected to my fixture only has a black, white and ground wire.
Did the cable slide smoothly when you pulled it, or did it bind and require a stout tug to free it up?
Pictures of the connection at the post light, the J-box, and the switch and switch box might help. See How To Include Pictures.
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The wire i bought and ran through the pvc pipe has a yellow sheathing and it says romex awg12 cu 2 cdr with awg 12 ground type nm- b 600 volts
I have not looked at the wiring for the switch yet
The cable slid smoothly through the pvc pipe
The box the electrician installed had a similar looking romex type cable coming in the back and it is cut open revealing a red, black and ground wire with a nut on the red and black wires. I pushed my romex cable through the back of the box and am now trying to figure out which wiresnto attach to which. Thanks
I have not looked at the wiring for the switch yet
The cable slid smoothly through the pvc pipe
The box the electrician installed had a similar looking romex type cable coming in the back and it is cut open revealing a red, black and ground wire with a nut on the red and black wires. I pushed my romex cable through the back of the box and am now trying to figure out which wiresnto attach to which. Thanks
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The wire i bought and ran through the pvc pipe has a yellow sheathing and it says romex awg12 cu 2 cdr with awg 12 ground type nm- b 600 volts
I pushed my romex cable through the back of the box
and am now trying to figure out which wires to attach to which.
Tech notes: Wire is individual conductors. Cable is two or more conductors in a sheath. Wire (or cable) size is determined by breaker size. Minimum for a 15 amp breaker is #14. For a 20amp breaker is #12.
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The cable i have in place is the cable that i would like to use given the post is set in place and everything is really at it's end. Can i get something done with the cable that is installed?
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Can i get something done with the cable that is installed?