On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:28:47 -0400, "RBM" rbm2(remove
wrote:

Some fixtures have an integral junction box. For this type of fixture, you
would just run a cable through the siding and into a knockout in the back of
the fixture's junction box

That must be it. The first guy hasn't stayed in business for 50 years
by violating code in such an obvious way. (Probaly not at all.)



"mm" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:14:45 -0400, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:

Yes they are necessary. If you just had a cable sticking through the
siding,
and attached it to a fixture, then screwed the fixture to the siding, a
poor
connection against the siding could cause a fire

This is really interesting. Dang.