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Do you need 3-wire romex to feed bedroom ceiling box by electrical code?
No, you can feed it with a 2 wire Romex + ground. It depends on what is mounted on the ceiling. If it is just a light all you need is 2 wire + ground Romex. However if it is a fan/light and you want to control each one independant of the other you will need to use 3 wire Romex + ground. This is of course if you have 2 seperate switches. You would then connect the red wire to the blue light wire and the black wire to the black fan wire. If you use 2 wire Romex just connect the blue and black fan/light wire to the black wire in the ceiling box.
Can you run a 240v wire from the electrical panel then put a junction box to run it where you want?
A 240 volt wire is the insulation factor of the wire. If you mean a 240 supply source from a distribution panel to a junction box then the answer is yes. You have to keep in mind that the box has to be accessible, meaning that you can get to the box to check the splice within the box. Don't bury the junction box behind the wall board.
Do wire nuts have to be inside junction box when installing porch lights?
The wire nuts do not have to be inside the junction box. They must, however, be as tight as possible to keep moisture from inside the light fixture.
Can you junction box 8ga wire with 10ga wire?
There is no restriction on different size wires being spliced in the same junction box. If your question involves splicing 8ga. to 10ga, this also is not a problem so long as the circuit allows for 10ga wire.
How do you find a junction box?
If the system is a conduit system you usually push a fish tape down the pipe from a known location. Usually about 99% of the time the fish tape will get hung up in the junction box. This will give you a distance from a known location to start looking for the box. If it is a Romex or Loomex system your best bet is to get an electrician friend to look at the system and ask him how he would wire the circuit. This is one of the faults that DIYers tend to do, that being burying junction boxes in the walls. They don't know the fact that most fires start in junction boxes and that is why they have to be accessible.
