Tonight I finished the wiring for the lights.<\/p>\n
First I finished the conduit work, including a solid EMT elbow to bring the wiring into the wall. I reinforced the entry with a piece of 3\/4″ plywood that I drilled a hole in and then hammered a straight set-screw coupler into the plywood. It’s not going anywhere, I think I could hang my weight on it without it moving.<\/p>\n
I then finished wiring all of the outlets.<\/p>\n
I removed the existing single-gang switch box and enlarged the hole to fit a double-gang switch box. I then pulled the wire to it from the junction box, installed the switch box, wired the switches, and buttoned things up.<\/p>\n
It’s so nice to be able to flip a switch to get bright light instead of messing with an awful plug on the end of solid wire and worrying about a very heavy 8′ fluorescent light falling on me or my car! The 4′ shop lights I installed are lightweight and attached very firmly to the ceiling.<\/p>\n
I have one light left to hang, and a spare that I may or may not hang. I also need a cover for the junction box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tonight I finished the wiring for the lights. First I finished the conduit work, including a solid EMT elbow to bring the wiring into the wall. I reinforced the entry with a piece of 3\/4″ plywood that I drilled a hole in and then hammered a straight set-screw coupler into the plywood. It’s not going … <\/p>\n