Adding 12/3 wire to pool power panel/switch problem
I need to tap into an outside power panel with 12/3 wire to add a double switch and two sets of outside lights. The lights are up, the wire is run to box, need to know how to connect the wire (red, black, white) to power and the double switch to make it work properly? Thanks. Switch to be located on bottom right of panel on outside of panel.
Last edited by Manya Carlos; 04-03-21 at 01:17 PM.
Electrical work is not a guessing game. We have no idea what you have.
At the very least we need a picture or two if the inside of the panel...... how-to-insert-pictures.
Typically you cannot install a switch inside an electrical panel. Also, the picture you posted does not look like any Siemens panel I have seen. Is this panel for your house or is it a building panel that is for the lighting?
I'm familiar with those pool panels. Typically the supply wiring is run to them based on anticipated loads. There is not usually much added capacity for additional loads. Most of the loads are 240v. There are two 120v breakers in there.
What exactly are you adding..... load wise..... to that panel ?
We have one wall in the yard along which there are perhaps 10 or so outdoor lights stuck into the ground.
The lights (which I normally have turned off at the breaker) CAN be controlled by an already installed photocontrol device similar to this one (which works great).
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This device is installed at the beginning of the series of outdoor lights.
Question #1 : (and probably a stupid question) - does a device such as this HAVE TO BE installed at the beginning of the series of lights ? We have a just finished a 15' tall wall which has perhaps 8 accent lights. I had the foresight to build a wire into the wall for a bright light (to light up the backyard) which will sit on top of the new wall. BUT - that spot would be in the middle of the 8 accent lights.
Question #2 : (hopefully less stupid) - Is there a way to trace an electric wire in a stone wall without opening up the wall ? Kind of like the way they have device which can find the studs behind sheetrock... Given the scenario in question #1 - If I went to the first accent light in the series, is there a way to trace back the source of the power ? (Kind of an electrical divining rod).
Thanks.
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04-03-21, 11:34 AM
