On Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 12:33:53 PM UTC-4, wrote:
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

Seems to me they had a bin of various shapes and thickness, including
bar stock. That would certainly be thick enough.




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.

That's great if you know where there is one, they are willing to talk
to you, etc. Some people might want to spend $8 and be done with it.



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.

Good luck getting that under vinyl siding without a bulge. But I suppose
the new poster may have room.


He also should be using UF cable, not NM.