Any Electricians in the House?

[black roadster]

I currently have a single light bulb in my garage. 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.

[sammm]

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).

[ckearns]

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