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Default addidng light fixture "old work"

On Oct 30, 6:20 pm, mazaltov wrote:
I am looking to some advice how to install a light fixture in a middle
of the ceiling
So far room has only the receptacle which controlled by the switch. I
am thinking
of making a round hole in the ceiling , install fan brace and run the
wire between the beams straight to the
wall making small opening to pull the wire and run it between the
studs down to the floor
Then I am planning to remove the baseboard and make small openings
close to the studs and
run wire through the studs to the receptacle.

Any advice would be appreciated.


You are going to have to get the wire through the top plate of the
wall, which may require something other than a "small hole".

If the location for the light is not in line with the receptacle, you
are going to have to go through either studs or joists, unless you
down into the basement and back up. In that case, you are going to
have to go through the sill plate also - twice.

Finally, I'm a little confused about what you plan to do with the
outlet. Is it still going to be controlled by the switch or are you
going to wire it "always hot"?

I think it might be better to abandon the old wires in the wall and
wire the fixture directly to the switch. Then wire the outlet always
hot. Perhaps you can do all of that from the basement.