My garage has:
a light-switch next to the door a light-socket next to the door a junction box with a duplex receptacle on the same wall as the door another light-socket over the middle of the garage another junction box with a duplex receptacle on a side wall.
Do the wires from one junction box go to the light-switch, to the other junction box and to the light-sockets?
If they are all on the same circuit, the answer is probably yes.
That's why one of the junction boxes is crammed with so many wires.
Your guess is as good as mine. In my garage the lights are not on the same circuit as the duplex receptacles.
There are about as many ways to wire it as there are electricians - -
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The only way to tell how they are really wired is to open everything up and trace it out. If the boxes are original to the condo unit, they should not be overloaded with wires because it would not have passed inspection.
However if the wiring was added after the condo was built, it could be wired any old way depending on the knowledge of the person doing the wiring.
John Grabowski
Your first question should be "Are they all on the same circuit breaker ?"
Only a couple of circuit breakers are labelled.
Since I don't know which one (or more) breaker(s) control the power in my garage, I flip ALL of the breakers off.
Can't you plug a lamp and bulbs into the outlets and sockets and then see what effect the switches have on the various outlets and sockets? THis isn't Rocket Science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John G posted for all of us...
Good to see you here John. Thanks for posting your site again.
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