Rope Lights/Telephone Wire Splicing

will_53115

Two questions.....

I have built a riser for a home theater room where I wasnt to rope light around the bottom. I would like to just wire an outlet to a switch which I know is possible but I would like to run it to a dimmer switch. Is this possible?


Secondly, I need a phone line for this same room. The builder ran all phone lines to the box above garage which has a small entrance through the ceiling. I am 6'8" and 325 and will never fit in there. I have a number of outlets above this room which I will never use. I would love to either splice from the existing line upstairs and run it to the theater room. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance for your help!

dSilanskas

[quote=will_53115;169789]Two questions.....

I have built a riser for a home theater room where I wasnt to rope light around the bottom. I would like to just wire an outlet to a switch which I know is possible but I would like to run it to a dimmer switch. Is this possible?


Secondly, I need a phone line for this same room. The builder ran all phone lines to the box above garage which has a small entrance through the ceiling. I am 6'8" and 325 and will never fit in there. I have a number of outlets above this room which I will never use. I would love to either splice from the existing line upstairs and run it to the theater room. Is this possible?



Question one - Is it possible yes, is it legal no haha

Question Two - Yes you can tap into an existing phone line

InPhase277

Will, you can splice those phone wires til the roosters come home to milk. The dimmer is another matter because the code specifies that a dimmer cannot control anything but permanently installed lighting. This is meant to mean you can't control a receptacle with a dimmer. Is it dangerous? Not very. The problem is, you could severely damage some equipment by under volting it if you plug up to a dimmed outlet.