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Default How do you attach romex to an outdoor outlet box mounted to brick?

On Mar 13, 11:17*am, Harry K wrote:
On Mar 13, 8:08*am, wrote:





On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:46:53 AM UTC-7, Mikepier wrote:
I am installing an outlet on the outside of my brick *house and I have


already run the romex to the outside by drilling a 1/2" hole through


the brick. I am trying to figure out how would I attach the romex to


the box. If I used a regular NM clamp, I would need to make the hole


in the brick a lot bigger, like an inch or so diameter, so the box


would sit flush against the brick, and so the clamp would fit inside


the 1 inch hole.


Is there another way to do this? Do I even need to secure the romex to


the box? Or can I secure it from inside the house before it enters the


hole to go outside and just caulk it or use GreatStuff to seal it?


Can't have Romex exposed.


Exactly. *I'm surprised noone mentioned that awkward fact in the
wiring codes. *It has to be in conduit of some sort, usually in that
"spiral wrapped metal" stuf (?BX?).

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It's not really exposed if it comes out of a hole in the
brick and into the back of box. That's what they routinely
do with AC disconnects and such here passing through
wood.