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Bathroom Light fixture installed?

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#1 ·
I just replaced the single light fixture over our bathroom sink with 2 separate fixtures, one over each sink. I ran the wire out to one of the light boxes, and connected it there to a new wire out to the other box, as well as to the light over that sink.

Is this an acceptable method of splitting the wire? It seems a little tight behind that one fixture. Should I instead reopen the wall and install a junction box and run the wire out to each fixture from the jbox?

Thanks.

Mike
 
#2 ·
You can reroute the original cable into one of the boxes and then jumper to the other fixture or use the existing box and drop a cable out to each fixture.

Either way the boxes need to be properly sized for the number of conductors. The splice box cannot be buried in the wall and must remain permanently accessible.
 
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