DIYbanter - View Single Post - debating how to install an outdoor outlet

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On 12/05/2014 11:42 PM, wrote:
In which case he should NOT be connecting to it for an external
receptacle.
At least here in Waterloo Ontario a refrigerator requires it's own
circuit. As an electrician my Dad always also put exterior receptacles
on separate circuits (2 externals on one circuit on occaision, but
externals not on circuits with internal outlets.

Exactly! Your father is a smart man!

Less intelligent people don't realize the mayhem that can occur from placing an outdoor receptacle on an indoor circuit.

For example, suppose a guy is watching the game on his 60 inch 700 watt plasma tv and recording another game on his media center pc.
His wife is out in the yard trimming the hedges and accidentally nails the extension cord with the hedge trimmers blades.
Suddenly, at the worst possible time in the game, your tv goes dead, the media center pc crashes and the old lady will soon be in your face nagging you to fix the extension cord.
All the while *you'll* be missing the game.

So the moral of the story here is to *always* place outdoor receptacles on their own circuits.