Saturday, December 13, 2008

Ganging Up


Switches for multiple light fixtures often are ganged up in one box. If all the lights are on the same circuit, one feed wire from the panel will supply the power for all the switches and their loads. A separate cable will run to each fixture. Sometimes you’ll run across a single gang box with a double switch, but this isn’t very common in residential systems.
How many switches can you fit in one box? Leviton offers one switch plate that has space for 10 switches. You’ll find these in commercial settings or maybe in an Internet gazzillionaire’s new mansion.

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