Household wiring question

[Jeff7181]

Is there a trick to laying the wiring? How the heck do I get the wiring all the way across the ceiling and down the wall into the basement to the fuse box? The fan/light fixture would be no less than 6 feet from any wall.

 

[MustISO]

I take it this is on the first floor so no access from above.
Usually they will run the fan off an existing light switch or add a switch next to an existing box. As long as you have power somewhere in the room it can be done. I'm not sure how they fish the wires in the ceiling but going up a wall is not a big deal.

 

[Jeff7181]

I figured I could probably just "steal" power from one of the existing outlets. I'm not too sure I want to do that though because the wiring in the house isn't that great, and I don't really want to ad another thing to this circuit, which is only a 10 amp circuit. I've thought about getting the whole house rewired, but we just don't have the money for that right now. In the kitchen we can't run certain appliances at the same time without tripping the breaker. Toaster over + microwave = no no, lol... especially when the refridgerator is running. And, my main computer is on the same circuit as the kitchen appliances, and when I'm running something like a game it's drawing over 5 amps for the computer and the monitor... ad the microwave, toaster over, refridgerator, and coffee maker and it's quite overloaded. Maybe we can just get the kitchen rewired for 20 amps... or two separate 10 amp circuits.

 

[Fritzo]

You usually take a line from a light switch and run it up to the ceiling through the rafters. It can be hard to do if you have a 2 floor home and would be better for an electrician to do it. If cost is an issue, the cheapest thing to do is to make a decorative "swag" line (get some nice chain or fabric and lace it with an extension cord), then attach some hooks to the ceiling to drape the line to a wall with an outlet. If done right, it looks decent and there's no wiring involved (other than the splicing of the electical line to the extension cord). This works best in smaller rooms.

 

[woowoo]

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