Re: Add light fixture to an existing switch that controls receptacle?


<trader4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "I would like to not have to do either and somehow splice the wiring
> together in the
> attic area rather than having to fish wires through the receptacle or
> switch wall. Any advice would be great. "
>
> The other alternative is to use two junction boxes in the attic. Cut
> the cable going to the outlet and put one end in each box. Then run
> your new light cable into one box and run a short piece of cable
> between the two boxes.
>
Maybe, maybe not. I just put a junction box in for a light and had enough
slack to do it with one box.


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