Hi,
I will be installing 3 ceiling fans into three bedrooms in my house. Each bedroom has no existing overhead light fixture. I will also be installing a switch to control the fan and light separately. This is my first major (major for me) electrical project in my house and I want to make sure that I am doing everything right. I have planned out almost everything and have just a few questions for my own piece of mind.
Q1. I've drawn out my circuit plan and want to confirm it is electrically correct, is it? (* simply identifies that that box will not have a 14/2 leaving the box to continue downstream)
Q2. In Canada, I believe code says that the ground coming from the fan/light must go directly to a ground screw within the junction box, as must the hot wire supplying electricity to the box, and they must be separate ground screws. The fan-rated ceiling junction boxes I've found only have one ground screw installed but multiple screw-holes for other screws which are not required for mounting. I assume that I can just add another ground screw into one of these holes and use that, is this correct?
Q3. I will be installing the boxes into plaster ceilings and walls in a 50 year old house, what would be the best way of cutting the required holes without creating cracks in the plaster?
Thanks in advance
I will be installing 3 ceiling fans into three bedrooms in my house. Each bedroom has no existing overhead light fixture. I will also be installing a switch to control the fan and light separately. This is my first major (major for me) electrical project in my house and I want to make sure that I am doing everything right. I have planned out almost everything and have just a few questions for my own piece of mind.
Q1. I've drawn out my circuit plan and want to confirm it is electrically correct, is it? (* simply identifies that that box will not have a 14/2 leaving the box to continue downstream)
Q2. In Canada, I believe code says that the ground coming from the fan/light must go directly to a ground screw within the junction box, as must the hot wire supplying electricity to the box, and they must be separate ground screws. The fan-rated ceiling junction boxes I've found only have one ground screw installed but multiple screw-holes for other screws which are not required for mounting. I assume that I can just add another ground screw into one of these holes and use that, is this correct?
Q3. I will be installing the boxes into plaster ceilings and walls in a 50 year old house, what would be the best way of cutting the required holes without creating cracks in the plaster?
Thanks in advance