Re: Eliminating J-Boxes?
Yeah, the shed isn't too far away from the house, in fact, it's like right next to it...I'm pretty sure the Home Run just comes right under the house, and into a j-box in the shed, although I haven't crawled under there to trace it out. But thanks for the quick lesson on Voltage Drop, nonetheless. If it was a long run of wire, though, I'd want to use a bigger wire to counteract the voltage drop, right? Is there an equation for deciding on wire size? Is there any other method to counteract voltage drop?
Alright, I'm a little confused about what it's OK to use a junction box for, and when you should just find some other way...because last year when we were learning resedential stuff, I went to fix something I did wrong, but I cut the wrong wire...so I asked my teacher if I could just put a j-box up there, instead if re-pulling a whole new wire...and he was like no, lol. It would have been in what would have been attic space, had it of been an actual house, so it would have been accessible. But you guys talk about if they are clean and neat work, it's OK. So how do I know when it's OK, and when I should find some other way to run the wire or whatever? Really, the only reason I want to take out the one in the shed is because it's only there because whoever did the wiring to begin with ran outta wire at that point, so it's only extending the wire which is feeding the switch. So I think it's pretty pointless, but I'm gonna leave it, since my stepdad didn't like the idea of taking it out. Oh well.
