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May 1, 2009 | 11:39 AM

TBone2004

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Direct Wire light

All - I am going to be hanging a direct-wire type light and grabbing the power from the outlet down below - what gauge wire would be best to use do you think? 16? 14?

Thanks!

May 1, 2009 | 01:01 PM

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I assume it's a 15amp circuit? 14 gauge for 15A. 12 gauge for 20A.

May 1, 2009 | 02:47 PM

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Yeah I used 14 gauge when I wired up my ceiling fans in each bedroom. Each one I wired to the switch which was wired to the outlet below.

May 2, 2009 | 09:40 PM

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Yeah determine which circuit it's on and follow Scrib's rec.

May 4, 2009 | 04:39 PM

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Are you having trouble determining what gauge the current wire that you're tapping into is?

May 6, 2009 | 02:26 PM

TBone2004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by '06 Arctic

Yeah I used 14 gauge when I wired up my ceiling fans in each bedroom. Each one I wired to the switch which was wired to the outlet below.

yep 14 here as well - thanks. Job complete and all worked out great.

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