me88me
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- San Francisco, ca
Hi there everyone!
So I have a 5 light switch box and I want to change it to a 3 light switch box. Each light switch controls one track(total of 4) of 3 lights and 5th switch controls an outdoor light. Each light is 50W and the light switch can handle up to 600W. I am planning on moving the light switch lower in the wood area because I cracked the mirror and would need to replace it.
I'm planning on using a 14/2 Romex wire to wire these light switches. I want to combine light switch 1 and 2 to one of the dimmers, 3 and 4 to another dimmer, and 5 to one dimmer. My question is, can I use a wire nut to combine all the wires from 1 and 2 to the 14/2 romex and fish the wire thru the studs, do that for 3 and 4, and lastly 5, so that I'll only need to fish 3 wires thru the studs to the new location.
I figure I can house the wire nut wires in the exsiting box so that the new location will be cleaner and also I won't need to drill such a big hole in the studs to fish all the wires thru.
I'm just worry that i'm not doing stuff to code when combine 2 tracks of lighting into one switch or worried that it may cause some problems. Let me know if you have any advice on how to go about this.
So I have a 5 light switch box and I want to change it to a 3 light switch box. Each light switch controls one track(total of 4) of 3 lights and 5th switch controls an outdoor light. Each light is 50W and the light switch can handle up to 600W. I am planning on moving the light switch lower in the wood area because I cracked the mirror and would need to replace it.
I'm planning on using a 14/2 Romex wire to wire these light switches. I want to combine light switch 1 and 2 to one of the dimmers, 3 and 4 to another dimmer, and 5 to one dimmer. My question is, can I use a wire nut to combine all the wires from 1 and 2 to the 14/2 romex and fish the wire thru the studs, do that for 3 and 4, and lastly 5, so that I'll only need to fish 3 wires thru the studs to the new location.
I figure I can house the wire nut wires in the exsiting box so that the new location will be cleaner and also I won't need to drill such a big hole in the studs to fish all the wires thru.
I'm just worry that i'm not doing stuff to code when combine 2 tracks of lighting into one switch or worried that it may cause some problems. Let me know if you have any advice on how to go about this.
