Help With Wireing

poptarts

Active Member
I plan on soon building a 3 socket CFL Light, and im wondering if this would be the correct wiring, im pretty sure but would like a second opinion. (sorry for the pathetic drawing, im high :joint:)

 

rkm

Well-Known Member
Just make sure you dont exceed the wattage for each single socket. I did not see a ground in your drawing, make sure you have one.
 

poptarts

Active Member
What if the sockest have no ground wire?
i planed on useing something like this
they are rated for 660W/ 250V and i plan on useing 3 105Watt bulbs
 
yo man i can give you help
im a journeyman electrician and the knowledge is a great help

if yourre gonna run the wires from the lights straight to a cord thats gonna plug into an outlet or timer... you gotta tie all the whites and blacks together and top em with a wire nut and if the fixture yourre putting your bulbs into is metal, run the ground wire (bare copper/ green insulated) to the fixture for safetys sake

you can never have too many grounds
 

BeachBum420

Active Member
U should use 3 metal octagon boxes then use ceramic socket light bases (the ones with 4 teminals u can also get them with on/off chains)they attach to the metal boxes(wire them up first) then attach your (in wires) ground wire to the box and the black(hot) wire to the bronze coloured terminal and the neut (white) wire to the silver term then with a new wire into the same box attach the black to the other bronze term, the green to the box and the white to the other silver termand take it out of the box and it is the in wire for the next one
 
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