On Apr 8, 5:49*pm, "RBM" wrote:
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On Apr 8, 2:18 pm, "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

But if I create the opening on the outside, then I need to be really
accurate in my positioning. Otherwise I risk creating an outside
opening which misses the cable when I snake it down from the inside
outlet.
The other alternative is to create the opening on the inside, grab the
wire that is snaked down from the interior outlet, create an exterior
opening in the stucco, install the exterior outlet box with the cable,
patch up the inside opening.
Please advise if what I am suggesting makes sense.

What you are suggesting makes perfect sense, and what I'm suggesting is
quite a bit more work. Typically the box on the inside will be mounted to a
stud. You pretty much just have to be close to that location on the outside,
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It sounds like the interior garage wall is finished. Is that
correct?? You should be able to measure carefully and go from the
inside to the outside within 1/2 inch accuracy if you know how to
measure carefully and use a 4' carpenter's level. I you have any
doubts, use a long drill and drill a small hole in what you expect to
be the center of the new outside box, when you go thru the inside wall
of the garage, then you will have a measuring point from which all
other measurements are made.

YUou really need to tell us what the outside stucco wall is made of,
and if the inside finished wall is on studs, screwed into concrete
block outside wall, or whatever. You could get much better answers if
you gave more details in the original post.