Attic Wiring Red Hot

If the wires are buried in attic insulation pass over light fixtures or worst of all are arranged in tight bundles they get even hotter than if they re out in the open air.

Attic wiring red hot.

Ground wires return fault current to earth ground protecting the individual from electrocution. Wire nuts that are too small may initially feel like they are on the wire but they too may fall off. Red wires are commonly found in sheathed multi conductor cable. Wire nuts that are too big will not sufficiently grip the wire and will fall off.

Use the appropriate size of wire nut for the wire. I got it all to work on one switch then i added the second set of wires and tried to run a pigtail from the hot wires in the box black and red pigtailed together to the bottom screw and the white wire on the top screw. Since red wires still conduct current they are considered hot. It flips the switch now and the one switch that works turns off the.

A ground wire is used as a protective measure. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper. Connect your white wires together and secure with wire nut. Once the air in the attic has become hot another thermodynamic process called convection occurs.

Turn the plastic wire nuts also called wire caps onto the ends of the wires. Turn the wire nut clockwise. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire. Insert the end of the 12 2 wire into the fans junction box.

In order for the light to be controlled by its own switch the wiring between the switch and the fan unit needs a fourth wire a red wire to carry power to the light kit. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. Use wire nuts to connect. Wires so hot you can t touch them aren t good.

Strip away about 6 inches of outer insulation and 1 2 inch of individual insulation from the end of each wire. In the attic had all whites and all blacks together.