muzz
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I have question about a lighting circuit in my house. It is an older 2 wire 15 amp with no ground.
I want to add one receptacle to this circuit to be located on the wall outside of the bathroom since I have everything in the bath opened up for a remodel. This circuit will also serve two light fixtures in the bath. We have a house that was originally built in the 50's, with no overabundance of outlets in the house, but over the years we have added them. I am not sure about this situation though. Is it ok to mix lighting and outlets; especially with no ground? It is the easy way to do it, but I want to do it right.
It would be easy enough to add one from the bath circuit, but I am fairly certain that is a no go.
How important is a ground on a lighting circuit? My living room has the same situation; is there anything inherently bad about no ground wire. What seems odd is that a new breaker was added in the panel for the bath, and when we checked the circuit for the living room, there is a ground wire at the panel.
One more question, I think I know the answer, but here goes anyway--When extending a circuit thats wired with 14 gauge wire, is it ok to wire the extension with 12? (15 amp circuit)
I want to add one receptacle to this circuit to be located on the wall outside of the bathroom since I have everything in the bath opened up for a remodel. This circuit will also serve two light fixtures in the bath. We have a house that was originally built in the 50's, with no overabundance of outlets in the house, but over the years we have added them. I am not sure about this situation though. Is it ok to mix lighting and outlets; especially with no ground? It is the easy way to do it, but I want to do it right.
It would be easy enough to add one from the bath circuit, but I am fairly certain that is a no go.
How important is a ground on a lighting circuit? My living room has the same situation; is there anything inherently bad about no ground wire. What seems odd is that a new breaker was added in the panel for the bath, and when we checked the circuit for the living room, there is a ground wire at the panel.
One more question, I think I know the answer, but here goes anyway--When extending a circuit thats wired with 14 gauge wire, is it ok to wire the extension with 12? (15 amp circuit)