I want to wire a new line to my bathroom

I suggest you consult some one who can see your project. The description makes me believe your over your head.

Stop right there.

Why would you even consider plugging in the breaker to the box before connecting the black wire to it?

If you cannot think of a safer way of doing this then please consult a professional before you hurt yourself.

Don't take this as a personal attack, just what you described is ill-advised and sounds like your first attempt at residental electrical wiring. Be safe.

You want to explain that? What's wrong with sticking a non-connected breaker into the panel?

Let me rephrase the entire scenario:

With the POWER OFF from the Electric Company:

I would attach the 15 AMP breaker to the panel right under two 15 AMP breakers which lead to two of the three rooms of the section of the house. There is 60 AMPs total going into this section of the house which functions as the main breaker. I'll never exceed 60 Amps to throw the 60 AMP breaker, the most I'll have is 30 AMPs.

Next, take the 14/3 wire and fish it thru the box to the breaker and fasten it the box at the wire hole.

Take the ground wire from the 14/3 and attach the ground to the ground in the box.

Take the white wire from the 14/3 and attach it to an open slot at the column containing the white (neutral) wire returns.

Take the black wire from the 14/3 and attach the the new 15 AMP breaker. The breaker itself is already grounded via the panel.

Take the other end of the 14/3 and create a junction in a junction box of one 14/3 in and in two bands of 14/3 out of the junction box. Tie grounds together and to the electrical junction box and then tie all the white wires together and all the black wires together

Fish one of the two 14/3 to the GFCI and attach the ground wire of the

Fish the second of the two 14/3 from the junction box of the light, call it A. Get a another 14/3 wire band call it B.

Fish this B 14/3 wire band to the switch. Connect the 14/3 (A) black wire (hot) and attach it to the black wire of the other 14/3 B, at the light electrical box end. At the other end attach the 14/3 (B) black wire to the hot screw on the switch.

Attach the ground of 14/3 (B) to the switch and to the switch electrical box. Attach the white wire of 14/3 (B) to the second screw of the switch. The other end of this white wire which goes back to the light will be connected to the black wire of the light.

Any other ideas on different wiring techniques?

Nothing if you don't intend to attach the "hot" to it immediately thereafter. Otherwise attach the hot first and then plug it in. A lot easier.

Why 14/3? What are you going to do with the red wire? Besides, I would have to look it up, but I think bathrooms require a 20a circuit. Your breakers are grounded? Must be some circuit box to have grounded breakers. You may find fishing is a great deal more challenging then you expected. Have the power off from the electric company? They will love that request... "Please shut off my power, I want to install a new branch circuit." They will shut off your power; until you have the electrical inspected.

If you aren't trolling, you better rethink your project. It is as simple as you say, but since you clearly don't have a clue what you are doing, I wouldn't want to use your circuit.

Take this free advise at your own risk, I'm not an electrician.

For a bathroom GFCI circuit I would run 12/2, install a 20 amp breaker and all 20 amp rated equipment on the line. If you have a hairdryer look at the wattage and divide by 120 to get the amperage draw. Probably about 10 amps? Now figure that a 20 amp circuit is really only designed for an 80% load (16 amps). Now figure that the light you're installing will draw 1-2 amps. On a 15amp circuit you are now drawing an 80% load (~12 amps), with no room to play safely. On a 20 circuit you still have some room to plug more stuff in safely.

If you are still doubtful then go to the library and ask to see the

I would run the 12/2 from the bath to the breaker panel, not from the panel to the bath. This way you can do as much work as you can using the lights before cutting the power to the panel.

Cut the power to the panel before opening the box to wire the circuit and have someone stand a few feet away from you with a flashlight so you can see what you are doing. And if something should happen to you they can call 911. No kidding...

The power is shut off in the house... It is being remodeled. And, I misspoke about grounding the breaker in the panel, otherwise I was looking for alternate ways of wiring up the bath and updating the wires to the bath.

With 60 AMPS coming in and currently 15 + 15 Amps in the three rooms, adding a 15 or 20 Amp breaker to the box won't affect the main breaker in terms of tripping. The most going thru the three rooms would be 50 AMPs if a 20 AMP breaker and 12/2 was added to the bathroom.

According to CJ :

You seem to be under the impression that the sum of breaker ratings on each leg of the main needs to be less than the main breaker. It doesn't. The breaker ratings are maximums, and circuits seldom draw that much. Try to balance things in terms of expected/routine large loads, and don't worry about sum-of-breakers. Mind you, 60A is mighty small these days.

The level of questions you're asking suggests to me that you need to read a good book on electrical wiring, or, hire someone to do the work. If you're asking about color codes, and not familiar with what "14/3" actually means, I _really_ worry about what you're NOT asking about and should be.

You're not kidding? With the main off, how could he get a shock? Why should he get a shock even with the main on? Have you ever heard of anyone getting a shock who had to call 911? Geez

The feeds are still hot...of course, it takes a mistake, but it certainly is doable.

You would almost have to try to do it.

No, you only need a bare ground wire, for example, to flop over to the main bus lug while one's attention were on something else...

And I **really know** the main was off from where I'm at? Geez yourself.

He's probably got an old Federal box from fifty years ago and for all you or I know could be standing in an inch of water.

Safety is always 1st priority, especially if you are not familar with electrical work. In this case, having a friend there to call 911 is not a bad idea. Yes, if you know what you are doing, overkill, but I wouldn't suggest connecting a CB without a proper understanding of wiring.

Thanks, my point exactly. The OP sounded like he never installed a circuit before, no need for him to get bit.