09-23-2021, 02:49 PM
deckeda wrote:
[quote=mikebw]
[quote=deckeda]
Put 'em in later. Just send a hole straight though to the outside and seal around it on both sides.
Whereas trying to cut around wires when sealing and insulating is not fun.
This is a great idea.
For my house, I would love to have an outlet at each corner as running an extension from the middle to any point where I might need it probably means blocking some doorway or other impasse.
Easy to do. Just look at the photo at that Spruce link above. An outdoor box gets bolted the house with whatever length screws need to make purchase. That's just a 1/2" hole drilled from inside, or from outside if you really know where it's going.
They didn't seal it at the siding in the photo but they should have. And if you don't care about aesthetics mount it so that the conduit is above the outlet ... that way any water intrusion goes into the box and shorts it, instead of going into the HOUSE. << May not be code, but code won't always protect the house.
All good points. I am not an electrician, but I don't think that style outlet is up to code anymore. When I installed the outlet on one front front corner I had my neighbor use his big masonry drill/bit, he said he always goes in at a slight upward angle from the outside, that way any water would not run down into the house.
Also, I used a deeper surface mount box similar to the above, that allowed the wire to run straight in the the back of the box and connect to the receptacle with no conduit. I put a healthy amount of silicone between the box and the brick over the top of the wire so again no place for water to flow onto the wire.