Any Electricians in the house?

I want to get some input from anyone who's an electrician...my garage does not have an overhead light or any power plugs so I wanted to add some. There is already a hot conduit run into the garage pictured below...

The markings in the wire say "TypeNM-B 12/2 with Ground Plastic 600volts Cirtex-U (UL) J.S./D.W"

Black, White, and exposed



And this is the light fixture I want to install...



These are the wires on the fixture



I want to install a power outlet and a light switch for the over head lights. Now I am a do it yourselfer so I was just wondering if someone can give me some guidance as to what to get and how to make the connections. I don't have the money to pay an electrician to come and do this so I figured I come and ask some of you guys here!

 

White / Neutral
Black / Hot
Bare copper / Ground

 

Is your feeder wire from the panel or on the end of a loaded circuit ?

 

http://www.yourepair.com/howtos/images/electrical/gd-circuit-1.jpg

 

Well I am pretty sure it's from a loaded circuit as there is only a one wire run into the garage the other side of the garage already has power, lights, and outlets. I think I got a pretty good idea of how this works...but since the overhead light does not have a ground wire I don't know where to hook up the ground from the cable to. Does that make sense?

 

You can only have 12 devices on a circuit , if you are adding lights to the end of an already loaded circuit , this is no bueno .

 

Can you test what else is on the circuit you intend to add to ?

 

This is what I found...



Would I just leave the ground at the light fixture just hanging there not hooked up to anything?

 

and also remember..black on brass white on silver. as for wiring the switches up. black wire on brass screw white wire on silver screw. google is your friend. lol luckily i took a few electric classes.

 

Not sure how I would test...and you mean I can only have 12 things hooked up per outlet or per run?

 

That ground would be grounded at a lug in the electrical box

 

if anything. ground the box.

 

So I have to get a little receptacle box for the top of the lights?

 

12 devices per circuit , for example 5 lights and 7 plugs .

Adding more devices can lead to an overloaded circuit , which is a fire hazard .

 

Ohh I am good then I only have 1 light and two outlet boxes in the other room, so this would add another light and another outlet box. That means I can add a few more outlets in my garage!

 

Those flourecents usually have a wiring area with a ground screw , it is usually green .

The diagram you showed is a porcelain sconce on a metal box

 

In your picture of the light you can see the ground screw just above the center hole of the light.

 

I just noticed a green screw, would this be were the ground would go?

 

Yes

 

Thanks a lot fellas! I got the answers I was looking for!