My mother got married, then divorced a man. She didn't like her maiden name so she kept his. She then got with my father, didn't marry him, and gave me her new last name. How do you define that in your framework?
I'm going to advocate for PEX-A and home runs to the manifold. It uses expansion fittings rather than crimp. It's what I used when I redid the house I bought five years ago.
My preference is to always remove wires that aren't powered to the greatest extent practicable. You don't want someone in the future deciding they can just randomly use the wire and burn the house down.
I forgot to add, and don't feel like editing, always buy the 250 foot rolls when you buy wire because the cost is not that much more overall and you'll have wire left over for the next thing you find.
I agree with using the Wagos, as they are the best thing ever for tying wires together. Get a bunch of 2 and 3 holes, and a 25 pack of five holes. Grounds need to be continuous so they get pigtailed to the fixture under the green screw, and under the box screw if you use a metal box, which I generally use in ceilings. If your box is metal and doesn't have a ground screw, they sell them at the hardware store as well.
I would argue that a splice should always be in a box or within a rated fixture to keep home inspectors and code inspectors happy. Boxes must be accessible. Your local Authority Having Jurisdiction may allow them to be behind a drop ceiling, but you cannot drywall over them without cutting a hole and adding a blank plate.
If you're joining to existing, it looks like you'll need 12 awg as mentioned above. If pulling all new you can use 14 awg since led fixtures are unlikely to ever pull 15 amps, though I rewired the outlets and fixtures in my garage with all 12 awg for future proofing and would recommend the same. You can put a 15A breaker on 12 awg but not a 20A on 14 awg.
For wire made since around 2001, yellow is 12 awg and white is 14 awg. For wire before that, you need to read the jacket.
I'm only 6' or 6' 1.5" in the work boots they made me wear, 225 lbs +/-but one of my MSP tasks had me going to the practice facility for a local football team. Being surrounded by 7' 350 lb linebackers messed with my head for quite a while.
Yeah, I joined Piefed because I appreciated seeing the cross posts all on one page and the ability to tag users. As I notice more comments disappearing, I'm beginning to rethink my main instance.
I second this. I'm going through a period just like OP. I had a license 30 years ago and just got my permit again this year because life. The biggest thing was getting a compact car that I felt less uncomfortable driving, a Hyundai Venue.
I had to upgrade my EdgeRouterX when I got gig fiber. I kept the Ubiquiti APs, I really like their management interface. But I replaced the router with a Mikrotik RB4011iGS+ because I thought it had a better feature set than the equivalent UBNT and was half the price.
My mother got married, then divorced a man. She didn't like her maiden name so she kept his. She then got with my father, didn't marry him, and gave me her new last name. How do you define that in your framework?