Hanging lights for art studio

2 years ago

This is the ceiling of my wife's art studio. When it was designed and built, the plan was to have a pair of fan/lights so the contractor installed the two BX lines, visible in the picture. This proved difficult, primarily because of the lack of space between the trusses, which are on 4 foot centers. We have been thinking about eliminating the fans and just putting in lights, but other than having the lines ending in junction boxes, to which the light fixtures would be wired, we cannot think of a better way to have the lights. My wife would like these lights be adjustable (in height); the bottom of the trusses is about 11 feet above the floor.

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Dave
2 years ago
While I cant help, just wanted to say, i dont think anyone recently installed BX cable as a ground was not included. That would be MC if its anything recent.
wdccruise
2 years ago
@dave: "i dont think anyone recently installed BX cable as a ground was not included"

This Southwire BX cable contains an uninsulated ground wire. But as I understand it, the cable would be terminate at an electrical box (surface-mounted in this case) and wires to the light(s) would extend from that.
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mtvhike
Original Author
2 years ago
BX is probably the wrong term. Since I can't see the end clearly, I don't know if it has a ground wire, but I assume it does, because the builder used the same kind of cable for other parts of the house and they all have the separate ground wire. Wired in 2015.