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hud 91gt · 03-09-2018, 07:35 PM

Running into a bit of a crossroads with my lighting.

I bought 4 amazon 4' LED shop lights which are meant to be plugged in (Not hardwired).

Original plan was to chop the ends off, wire into junction box of some kind and run EMT to where the old light fixture was.

The Home Depot guy was confused when I was looking for a connector from bare wire (Cut power cord) to a knockout in a box. First clue.

A little more googling, and it seems that is completely illegal to do. I'd rather have some insurance money when my, or my neighbours place burns down. So then it seems my only option is to wire in some actual power receptacles using EMT conduit. It's not going to be nearly as pretty, but it will work and it would be to code.

Wrong. My ceiling has a round box. Apparently i'm not allowed to run an extension off of this for my EMT.

If I take out the old box, can I just surface mount an externally mounted box over top of the hole. I assume this is a big no. How do I run the wires from the removed box, to a new externally mounted box. Do I need to repair the drywall and use some sort of pass through?

I'd rather do this correctly.

03-09-2018, 07:35 PM	#49
hud 91gt RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 8,419 Thanked 4,040 Times in 1,562 Posts Failed 35 Times in 27 Posts	Running into a bit of a crossroads with my lighting. I bought 4 amazon 4' LED shop lights which are meant to be plugged in (Not hardwired). Original plan was to chop the ends off, wire into junction box of some kind and run EMT to where the old light fixture was. The Home Depot guy was confused when I was looking for a connector from bare wire (Cut power cord) to a knockout in a box. First clue. A little more googling, and it seems that is completely illegal to do. I'd rather have some insurance money when my, or my neighbours place burns down. So then it seems my only option is to wire in some actual power receptacles using EMT conduit. It's not going to be nearly as pretty, but it will work and it would be to code. Wrong. My ceiling has a round box. Apparently i'm not allowed to run an extension off of this for my EMT. If I take out the old box, can I just surface mount an externally mounted box over top of the hole. I assume this is a big no. How do I run the wires from the removed box, to a new externally mounted box. Do I need to repair the drywall and use some sort of pass through? I'd rather do this correctly. __________________ Crush - 1971 Datsun 240z - Build Thread The Daily - Rav4 V6 - “Goldilocks” Last edited by hud 91gt; 03-09-2018 at 07:44 PM.