#1. It's the same amount of connections if you pigtail the outlet like you
should.
#2. It makes the work at the outlet a lot easier especially if you're using
12ga wire like you should be.

I say go with the J-Boxes.

--
Steve Barker


"Tim Fischer" wrote in message
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"jimbob" wrote in message
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or I can wire to junction
boxes under each outelt with a wire extending to each outlet. The
latter would allow me to use less wire and fewer holes through the
joists.

I don't understand the "fewer holes through the joists" point. From the
first outlet, you'd run a wire down through the floor, through any
necessary joists, to a point below the second outlet, where it would go
up. You'd run a 2nd wire from that outlet back down, through any
necessary joists (which shouldn't be the same ones as before) to the 3rd
outlet, etc. The only "extra wire" is the doubled run between the floor
joists and the outlet -- a few feet at most, which is insignficant in cost
compared to junction boxes, covers, and wire nuts you'd need for the other
approach. I also think this would be less labor intensive than the J-box
approach, and more reliable (less connections = better).

-Tim