Just curious. I normally see in unfinished buildings such as garages,
where the romex wiring is stapled to the sides of trusses and other
lumber overhead. I am wiring a garage and decided to put the wires on
the top of these boards. On the trussses it's on their sides because
of the boards that run upward, but most of the wires run down the
center of the building on a 2x4 that runs the length of the building
and was put there just for the lights (plus a little bit more
stability for the trusses). This is a low roof so there will never be
a floor put up there. Aside from a few birds that get up there,
nothing will be placed on top of these wires. I just thought it would
look better if they were on the top. I was wondering if this is
legal, before I go any further with them.

Thanks

Codes vary by town, but thats how my house was wired ten years ago.

cm


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Just curious. I normally see in unfinished buildings such as garages,
where the romex wiring is stapled to the sides of trusses and other
lumber overhead. I am wiring a garage and decided to put the wires on
the top of these boards. On the trussses it's on their sides because
of the boards that run upward, but most of the wires run down the
center of the building on a 2x4 that runs the length of the building
and was put there just for the lights (plus a little bit more
stability for the trusses). This is a low roof so there will never be
a floor put up there. Aside from a few birds that get up there,
nothing will be placed on top of these wires. I just thought it would
look better if they were on the top. I was wondering if this is
legal, before I go any further with them.

Thanks

I don't know what the code would say, but I would feel moe confortable
doing that if it were in a conduit or armored cable.

wrote:
I don't know what the code would say, but I would feel moe confortable
doing that if it were in a conduit or armored cable.

Or at least laid in a trough made by two 2x4.

Harry K

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I don't know what the code would say, but I would feel moe confortable
doing that if it were in a conduit or armored cable.

Or at least laid in a trough made by two 2x4.

Sounds like overkill to me: most wiring I see in garages is BX (or even
Romex) stapled to the side/bottom/whatever of *anything*. Just putting
it up top would be a vast improvement.


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wrote:
Just curious. I normally see in unfinished buildings such as garages,
where the romex wiring is stapled to the sides of trusses and other
lumber overhead. I am wiring a garage and decided to put the wires on
the top of these boards. On the trussses it's on their sides because
of the boards that run upward, but most of the wires run down the
center of the building on a 2x4 that runs the length of the building
and was put there just for the lights (plus a little bit more
stability for the trusses). This is a low roof so there will never be
a floor put up there. Aside from a few birds that get up there,
nothing will be placed on top of these wires. I just thought it would
look better if they were on the top. I was wondering if this is
legal, before I go any further with them.

Thanks


Do you mean on top of the joists? On top of the rafters it would get
punctured by roofing nails.

Bob

rodents more like to sample wires on top as opposed to those under