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Looking to add a new circuit. It will be within only one room. I plan on having 6 pendant lights on a dimmer and 3 unswitched outlets. I calculate typical load to be less than 600 watts, but want some fudge factor for future-proofing so I'm shooting for a 20A install on #12-2 Romex.
I was thinking that I'd connect to the first outlet, then branch out one side to dimmer switch and the other side to the two remaining outlets. I'd continue to the other two outlets using only the back-holes and screws. From the dimmer switch, I'd pigtail the pendants together with wire nuts. The only hard part is getting from the outlets that I could only access from the crawl space to the pendants that I could only access from the attic (I think I have the cable bits and patience to fish it).
Since the dimmer is single pole, the neutral should bypass it entirely and continue to the first pendant pigtail, right?
Without a second dimmer controlling the same pendants, there's no need for a 3-wire setup, right?
Other than the slight additional cost, is there any reason I shouldn't upgrade to a 30A breaker with #10-2?
I was thinking that I'd connect to the first outlet, then branch out one side to dimmer switch and the other side to the two remaining outlets. I'd continue to the other two outlets using only the back-holes and screws. From the dimmer switch, I'd pigtail the pendants together with wire nuts. The only hard part is getting from the outlets that I could only access from the crawl space to the pendants that I could only access from the attic (I think I have the cable bits and patience to fish it).
Since the dimmer is single pole, the neutral should bypass it entirely and continue to the first pendant pigtail, right?
Without a second dimmer controlling the same pendants, there's no need for a 3-wire setup, right?
Other than the slight additional cost, is there any reason I shouldn't upgrade to a 30A breaker with #10-2?