I am wanting to put in lights around my bathroom mirrows. The exact location where I have to place the electrical box there is a stud.
How do I install the electrical box?
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Notch the stud.
Use a pancake box surface mounted to the stud.
John
You say light-S.
Mark has a good idea with the pancake box-put that at the end of the line.
There's also boxes usually meant for ceiling applications-there full depth box on each or one side-and a formed area to mount around/over a framing member. These if you need to have the feed there.
The fan box you describe is only good if you want a round box, centered over the stud.
Dan
There are saddle boxes with most any configuration-one side, center and other side..........well, the side box you turn the other way.
So no, you don't need to center on a stud. You can straddle with the side offset-or add a correct sized block to the edge of the stud to kick it over even more.
Thanks Calvin, I did not know they make a device like that, that's what I need.
Cheers Man,
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