Hello everyone. I want to put outdoor lights (14 lights 50wats each) on my detached building. (280x 20 ft) . My mane panel 130 ft away from building. Can I run #8 wire 120v on 20 amp to building and then split to #10 in junction box. Or I HAVE TO run 240v and have a sub panel and then go 120 20 amp. I prefer first way unless I have to a second option. Thank you. My plan
As long as the only circuit you want is for the lights you can do it. However, if you want other circuits for power inside, then you need a sub panel. Only one feed to a detached building is allowed.
Seems like a waste to only run the one circuit for a building that large.
Hope someone can help. We changed our our pendant lights on the monorail that was already installed in the house. It has one isolating connector in the center, the whole rail system is about 20 feet long. All the lights work on 1/2 of the rail system, but if we put any of the lights on the other side of the isolating connector none will light up. The only thing that happened when we were replacing the lights was that one of the monorail standoff's came out of the ceiling. Other than that nothing changed.
I am trying to rewire my West Elm light which has been flicking a lot and not really working lately. This is what my wiring looks like from the ceiling box with two sets of wires despite the only switch in the room having one set. When I connect the fixture to the hot and neutral from the same wire set I trip the breaker. When I connect with the hot and a neutral from the other wire set I get flickering. Any thoughts? Hot has been confirmed with a voltage tester (117) and the three other wires are not registering voltage.
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