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Long story short, I bought a condo back in January and I am starting to figure out how the thing is built. I'm getting around to throwing LEDs in my garage, so I removed one of the fluorescent fixtures since I need to put in an outlet where it is to plug in one or two of the LEDs. I found that the fixture was hardwired with a round ceiling box that has a 2.75" screw spacing, and that ceiling box is held by one of the braces that connects between two joists. The garage ceiling is double 5/8" drywall so I really want to avoid loving with it more than I already have. Question becomes - can I replace the round ceiling box with a metal single or double gang with a GFCI receptacle in there, or do I need to cut two more holes so I can replace it with an entire brace assembly with box? Looks like the single gang has the same mounting holes as the old round box. I really don't want to cut a bunch of holes to run wire and mount boxes to joists, but if I have to... well.  
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The rework boxes like that don’t accommodate the extra layer of drywall, I have some here that I tried. I could hack up the upper layer of drywall, but that seems ghetto.  I just don’t know if changing the hanger with round box to have a different box somehow violates code since I’m not using the assembly as designed.
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LloydDobler posted:That's exactly what I was going to suggest. meatpimp posted:Gfci is typically for damp locations, is something driving that need? Or would this work? https://www.gordonelectricsupply.co...WhoCrC0QAvD_BwE I couldn't find them in stock locally and I also wasn't sure if it would work with my box since the screw spacing on it is 2.75" (which seems weird to me). I'll order two and see if it fits once it arrives, worst case I can use it somewhere else down the line. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Apr 5, 2020 |
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Apr 5, 2020 16:14
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LloydDobler posted:I also don't have the balls to impact gun struts apart without compressors, even though I've seen it on youtube a dozen times. o7
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Apr 7, 2020 21:38
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