From: nidan.danny@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:51:07 PM UTC+11, operator jay wrote:   
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   > I am putting more mirrors and moving lights and electrical outlets for my   
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   > wife/daughter's bathroom. The current wall mounted vanity lights need to go   
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   > up higher. My understanding is it is not proper to put a junction box   
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   > enclosed inside a wall. Is there an easier way to move this light without   
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   > having to re wire from the switch to the light? The other thing is I think   
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   > this light is in series with another circuit somewhere in another bathroom   
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   > so whatever I do will affect other lights.   
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   > I appreciate it!   
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   > I agree with the you and disagree with the the other poster about putting a   
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   > JB inside a wall.  I guess it may be a matter of jurisdiction.  In the   
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   > locations that I know of, a JB must remain accessible and drywalling over a   
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   > box is not considered accessible.   
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   > How many wires enter the box for the existing vanity light?  And what   
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   > direction do they enter from (it sounds like it/they enter from the bottom   
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   > or possibly side, based on your description, but I don't want to assume)?   
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   > And, which of those pairs, if any, stay live when the light switch is off?   
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   > Also, how mainy wires enter the light switch box, and from what direction,   
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   > and which if any stay live when the switch is off?   
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   > Don't do anything unsafe to check this out ... but if you are redoing the   
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   > wiring yourself I imagine you are ok to do this.  If we know where the   
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   > wiring is we may be able to figure out a way to get you what you are after,   
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   > and not effect other loads on the circuit (which would not be "in series"   
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   > with the light, but just "on the same circuit" as the light ... I assume the   
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   > light switch in the bathroom controls only one thing, the light fixture in   
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   > Alternatively, is there an attic above this room (or a basement with open   
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   > ceilings below this room), are the tops (bottoms) of teh walls accessible,   
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   > and how do you feel about fishing a wire down to (from) the light switch and   
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   > new fixture?   
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   electrical.theiet.org/wiring-matters/42/junction-boxes.cfm?type=pdf   
      
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