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    Grabbing power through dusk-to-dawn light

    Final follow up to my original post. I ended up grabbing power from the existing outlet instead. I avoided it at first because I did not want to cut through plaster and fish wires through the already finished interior wall, but I used a box extender and ran surface wires through metal conduit...
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    Grabbing power through dusk-to-dawn light

    This is a dedicated 15 amp garage circuit that currently runs only the two LED outdoor lights (total of 40 watts), a 25 watt LED bulb inside the garage, one outlet, and the door opener. Based on a safe load rating of 1440 watts, I don’t see any reason a few extra outlets for convenience of...
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    Grabbing power through dusk-to-dawn light

    Thanks everyone for your replies. I wasn’t aware this was mainly a UK forum. I should have looked closer. ? Since my OP I have uncovered the remaining wall that needs to be insulated and discovered what appears to be a remote photocell wired into the line about thirty feet upstream from the...
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    Grabbing power through dusk-to-dawn light

    Hi everyone - Homeowner with some electrical experience, but not enough to solve this. I am insulating the garage and decided to add three outlets since there is currently only one. The most convenient place to grab power is at an outdoor garage light that is at the end of a circuit. The light...

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