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.

Staple the cable within 8 inches of both the attic light box and the thermostat box. Turn the wire nut clockwise. Use the appropriate size of wire nut for the wire. Use the hammer and staples to secure the cable to the joists at 12 inch intervals.

Run nm cable from the attic fan thermostat to the attic light. Strip away about 6 inches of outer insulation and 1 2 inch of individual insulation from the end of each wire. Convection is the characteristic that makes hot air rise and cool air sink and it is at this point where a good ventilation system comes into play. Wire nuts that are too big will not sufficiently grip the wire and will fall off.

Connect your white wires together and secure with wire nut. Wire nuts that are too small may initially feel like they are on the wire but they too may fall off. Once you are running the wire feed both ends of the wire through their corresponding holes and climb down from the attic. Turn the plastic wire nuts also called wire caps onto the ends of the wires.

There should be no excess wire or ends left in the attic. Use wire nuts to connect. Wires so hot you can t touch them aren t good. Insert the end of the 12 2 wire into the fans junction box.

Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire. Once the air in the attic has become hot another thermodynamic process called convection occurs.