On Sep 28, 10:20*pm, Charles U Farley wrote:
stryped wrote in news:531f9ba7-8464-46ca-957e-
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I planned to use a motion detector with the two flood lights centered
above my garage door. I started cutting thinking I would put a plastic
box behind the metal siding inside the garage. However, being centered
it is over a raised rib where two panels meet and it looks like I made
a mess. It was hard to cut and I just stopped. Any ideas on how to
properly mount this light and make it look ok and not leak?

Those fixtures barely cover a box, letalone overlap siding for a
weathertite seal. *I'd not try to recess a box. *

If one of these will sufficiently cover the hole you started...http://www..rabweb.com/product_line_...rodline=RNDBOX
Mount one over your hole and enter the wire from the back with some duct
seal or silicone. *Use a couple bits of aluminum or PVC tubing the height
of the ribs to act as spacers behind the mounting ears. Run the screws
through the ears, tubing spacers and into the steel.
The siding can be patched with a small scrap if necessary, hopefully it
would be a small patch hidden behind the box.

Aim for slightly offcenter and not on a rib next time?

Well, I think I messed it up too much. I am going to try to replace
the two pieces of metal. I have to full length pieces left over from
when it was built.

Can I cut these pieces with my jig saw or is there somethign else that
will work better?

I also bought one of those wet location boxes with the two ears to
mount on top of the metal as everyone here said. My plan is to run pvc
conduit to the openign in the back of the fixture. Do I have to use a
screw in fitting into the threaded portion of the back of this outside
box? The reason I ask is I intend to drill a hole through the metal as
close to the outside diamter of the conduit as I can. If I have a
threaded fitting, wont that outside diameter be different that the pvc
pipe attached to it. it is hard to explain but I hope you understand.