A Broan #157, 1250 watt, round surface mounted, fan forced ceiling heater is easily mounted to a standard round or octagonal ceiling electrical box with a dedicated 15 or 20 amp, 120 volt electrical circuit. The round heating element is red hot and heat is pushed downward with a small internal fan.

bathroom heater

An older electric meter and fuse box located inside a basement adjacent to the foundation wall. The armored grounding electrode conductor is coming out of the bottom of the meter socket.

Basement Electric Meter

The spines of a few National Electrical Code books

Free National Electrical Code

A rough-in wired wall switch electrical box

Install An Electrical Box

A photo of a wood dovetail construction joint that you can make after setting up your wood shop

Setting Up A Woodshop

A Light Switch Wiring Diagram that shows how electrical power enters the ceiling light electrical box and then a two conductor cable is installed to the switch without a neutral conductor. New switch installations are required to have a neutral conductor. Use a three-conductor cable to bring the neutral down to the switch.

Light Switch Wiring Diagrams

Type MC 14-2 electrical cable and two plastic old work outlet boxes are not compatible thanks to the homeowner purchasing materials' for the contractor.

Homeowner Purchases Materials For the Contractor

An example of a Half Switched Outlet pulled from the wall mounted electrical box with the wires hanging out. The white wire connected to the black wires is feeding power to the wall switch. The black wire from the wall switch is feeding power to half of this outlet. The other half is on at all times. The tab was cut on the other side where the black wires are connected. Whenever a white wire is used as a hot wire, it is supposed to have its color changed.

Switched Outlet Wiring Diagrams

Three-way switch wiring diagram with the LINE and the LOAD inside separate switch boxes. LINE power is delivered to the first switch by using a two conductor cable with a bare or green equipment grounding conductor. The LINE wire is connected to the COMMON terminal on the 3-way switch. A three conductor cable goes from one switch box to the other switch box. From the second switch box a two conductor LOAD cable goes to the light fixture or ceiling fan. The black LOAD wire is connected to the COMMON switch terminal and the two white neutral wires are simply joined together with a wirenut.

Three-Way Switch Wiring Diagrams

Some rough wiring in basement wall studs in an unfinished basement

Basement Renovations