Wiring diagram for dummies please

notredave

Hello all,

Can someone sketch me a simplified drawing on how to run #12 wires from a 120 V lighting panel, 20 amp spare breaker to 4-85 watt induction lights.

Do I need a H, N and Ground? Or can I use a black and white?

When I get to first light, where do I terminate and where do I land my black and white wires on the next 3 lights?

I would appreciate any help on this matter....just assume that the lights will stay on all the time. There is an existing photocell that will be used but worried about making lights work....

Thank you!

mpoulton

Where are you located, what kind of building is this in, and what do you mean by "induction lights"? The only context I know for the term "induction lamp" is to refer to electrodeless gas discharge lighting like microwave-excited sulfur lamps, which are mostly experimental. I hope that's not what you mean.

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Missouri Bound

How can we tell you how to run wires from point A to point B? All we can advise is that you will need a ground of some sort, either with the wire or conduit if you are using it.

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dmxtothemax

Can you post pic's of the breaker panel,
and the lights terminals,
so we can see more details ?
Too general a question.

notredave

This is at a chemical plant. I am going to draw a sketch for an E/I contractor to route 3/4" conduit from lighting panel "a" to the 4 Appleton, 85 watt induction lights. I just need to know how many wires to draw. Start at the spare 20 amp breaker to first light. Then I want to parallel the reamining 3 lights....can someone draw something up for me please?

thank you

hammerlane

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ground wires not shown for ease of drawing

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JasperST

A chemical plant wants a total novice to draw up electrical plans? Do they manufacture bovine excrement there?

Jackofall1

I guess induction lighting is the answer to hard to service areas

http://www.lithonia.com/micro_webs/i.../induction.asp

Mark

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notredave

Thank you hammerlane for the sketch and not being a smartass like others....I appretiate it

jbfan

Hopefully you are hiring a compentent contractor that would not need such a simple drawing.

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Jim Port

I would hope your contractor would know how to route conduit and the number of wires needed.

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JasperST

Well, you can consider it smartass but if it was me given the responsibility to perform the task I would learn how to do it instead of asking someone on the internet to do it for me. I'm just not believing that a chemical plant would be in that position.

Jackofall1

I always thought that the simple minded (dummies) were not so easily insulted......guess I was wrong, learn something new every day.

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gregzoll

I other words, grow op or drug lab.

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mpoulton

You contractor doesn't need a sketch for that. Just show the fixture locations, switch location, and panel location. The contractor will route everything. That's their job. And you don't need to draw the individual conductors, a one-line diagram is standard.

Just exactly what kind of, uh, "chemicals" does this "plant" produce, anyway?

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