On Apr 8, 2:30*pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Tony Hwang" wrote in message

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RBM wrote:
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I like to install an outlet on an exterior stucco wall so that I can
put in a fountain. The other side of this same wall is in my garage.
There is an existing outlet in the garage right where I plan to
install the new outlet, but the existing outlet is about 3' higher
than where I plan to install the new outlet outside.

1. Should I cut an opening on the inside wall right where the new
exterior outlet will be, and do I need to install an J box here?
2. How do I drill through the stucco wall? With a drill bit?

Thanks

If you have a small carbide bit, 3/16", and a hammer drill, you should be
able to trace the outline of a "cut in gem box", onto the stucco, then
carefully drill holes along the lines about 1/4" apart. Then break out
the
material. You'll next have to cut through the plywood or whatever
sheeting
you have, to fit the box. Once that's done, you can easily snake from the
box on the inside to the large opening on the outside and install the
cable,
box, gfci outlet, and in use cover

Hi,
Or for lesser work you can install a surface mount weather [proof box.
Better have GFCI outlet.

He could do that if he went straight through a knockout in the back of the
inside box, through the stucco and into a rain-tight box, but he wants to be
below the inside box, which makes it a little more difficult

Yes, I like the outside box to be lower than the one inside. So I
really have to snake the wire down from the inside box, create an
opening on the inside wall at the level where the outside box will be
installed, drill a hole through the stucco through this opening, and
install an outside GFI protected outlet box. Then I have to patch up
the inside opening. Does this sound right?