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installing kitchen recessed lights

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#1 ·
I'm not sure how to wire my kitchen lights. I'm going to install five 5" recessed lights in my kitchen. Do I wire them in series , or should I run all the wires into a box and wire them in parallel? I'm going to use CFL bulbs in them if that makes any difference.
 
#3 ·
Either way they are wire in parallel. Physically they might look like series, so I get what you mean.
Wiring to a j-box and out to the lights from there typically seems like a good idea to a DIY, but this is a very poor way of wiring. It adds failure points and creates splices with a large number of conductors, also a problem for most DIYers.

Just wire from light to light. Are you experienced enough to know how this works?
 
#6 ·
Either way they are wire in parallel. Physically they might look like series, so I get what you mean.
Wiring to a j-box and out to the lights from there typically seems like a good idea to a DIY, but this is a very poor way of wiring. It adds failure points and creates splices with a large number of conductors, also a problem for most DIYers.

Just wire from light to light. Are you experienced enough to know how this works?
can you elaborate briefly? i am doing the same thing but its using LED disc lights. 4 of them total in the ceiling.
 
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