Any Electricians in the House?

I currently have a single light bulb in my garage. :idea: I plan on setting up my florescent tube drop lights I had in my old garage. Before, I just added a plug adapter to the light bulb socket and plugged the drop lights into that.

Now though, I want to replace the light socket with a ceiling fan. The ceiling fan doesn't have a light kit nor do I want one on there to keep it low profile. How can I install the ceiling fan, and the drop lights while not creating a fire hazard. I don't want to overload a circuit.

Can I piggy back a wall socket off the ceiling fan wiring and plug my lights into the plug which would still work with the light switch or can I even just wire the ceiling fan and lights together?

TIA.

What size breaker controls the circuit? What else is on that circuit? How many amps does the ceiling fan draw?

If the breaker-box is in the garage, you might consider running a new circuit (if you have room/capacity).

You can run all that on a single circuit with no worries. From the work box in the ceiling, add romex and run it out past the fan blades and add a new gang box for the outlets. Both will run off the switch. You'll likely be on a GFCI circuit since the garage is a wet area so pay attention to polarity and grounds and you'll be fine.

My brother is an electrician and just did a 20a dedicated circuit for the welder in my garage and expanded some boxes from 2 to 4 plugs.

Chris