On Apr 16, 1:59 pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 16, 10:00 am, "Dom" wrote:



On Apr 16, 10:44 am, "dpb" wrote:

On Apr 16, 9:25 am, "Dom" wrote:

I was wondering if someone would know this. I have AL wiring in the
house. I'm renovating whole house and was thinking of replacing old
wiring. I'm not planing on removing the walls, but will be able to
open up the floors. I have good access from the attic. Currently other
than the light fixtures there is absolutely no junction boxes in the
attic. All the outlets are wires in series.
Here is the question. Is it against the code (Ontario, Canada) to put
junction boxes and wire the outlets directly from the junction boxes
( I suppose I could manage to wire two outlets per junction box), or
should I follow the current design.
House was wired in late 60's.

Don't follow the description clearly -- what happens to the existing
outlet(s)/wire?

In general, I don't think there's an proscription against using the
junction box as long as they are acessible, but as noted, don't follow
the plan well enough as described to see what you're actually driving
at so no detailed thoughts beyond that at the moment...

Thanks for the reply. Sorry for not being clear on my plans. Basically
I want to rewire existing outlets with new cable (14-2), ...

BTW, if you're going to the trouble of doing this, you'll certainly
want to run 14-2 w/g, not just 14-2. You may have already intended
this but not stated it explicitly, but just in case.

IOW, if you're thinking of simply replacing 2-prong outlets' wiring
with CU instead of AL, I don't think that's a good decision but you
should go the route of also upgrading to grounded outlets.

Yes the AL wire is already grounded. I will be pulling 14-2 w/g. I
have peeked through the top of the wall joists and it looks like there
is no fire blocking materials, it is open all the way down.
I was not sure about usage of the junction boxes since general there
is some moisture in the attics.