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Posted by dpb on April 16, 2007, 12:10 pm
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> > > 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.
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> > Don't follow the description clearly -- what happens to the existing
> > outlet(s)/wire?
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> > 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...
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> Thanks for the reply. Sorry for not being clear on my plans. Basically
> I want to rewire existing outlets with new cable (14-2), by pulling
> out the old AL wire. I will use the existing wire to fish the new one
> in place and use junction boxes to connect the outlets. At the same
> time I would like to put ceiling light fixtures and wire them to the
> existing switches that were connected to one of the outlets.
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> Hope this time I was more clear on what I wanted to do.
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> Dom
Unless something unique in CN code, don't see any problem again as
long as the junction boxes are acessible. What you may run into is a
problem in getting the old wire out w/o tearing up the wall as they
may well have stapled it to joists tightly enough you'll not pull it.
If, of course, you can, there's no reason you can't pull up and
through the attic from one receptacle to the next where you don't need
a junction box for some other purpose. You would start the feed by
pulling the old with a string attached, of course, then feed from one
end and use the fish again at the other to pull back down. Assuming
open wall cavities (no infill insulation, blocking, plumbing, etc.,
etc.) you could probably pull two 14's together. OTOH, in the big
scheme of things if you're doing significant remodeling, repairing a
few holes in the walls may be simpler overall.
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