On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 07:42:37 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 8:48:20 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 02:14:01 +0000, Jeff Garlock
m wrote:

replying to clare, Jeff Garlock wrote:
Any recommendation on the "steel protector" referenced above? Is there a
specific brand or type? I am doing a similar project.

If you are protecting 5 feet of cable I doubt you are going to find
anything off the shelf that works but you might find a strip of 16
gauge galvanized a couple inches wide in the trash at a metal
fabricator. I would only use galvanized or stainless to avoid rust. I
would still paint the galvanized (edges are not protected)

Home Depot sells small pieces of sheet metal.

They don't have 16 ga galvanized and this is really the kind of thing
they away at a metal fabricator. Even if you had do buy it they would
only want $5 or something unless they have a minimum shop charge. I
have always been able to jest talk them out of things like this. Don't
go in the office, just look in the dumpster or scrap pile.
You just don't say it is trash. They will correct you ;-)

The other option is a sleeve of EMT (conduit). That is only $3 a stick
or something.

He also should be using UF cable, not NM.