On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 3:43:47 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 10:45:37 AM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
To address the general
problem the code should require outdoor receptacles that are accessible
within 25 ft of any point on the perimeter. I wouldn't think that would
be controversial, but here we are.

Are you talking every house should be retrofitted immediately, or
as the opportunity arises (say, other outdoor electrical work is
being done), or just for new construction?

With NEC in almost all cases new code changes only apply to new work.
For outdoor receptacles that would be pretty much new construction,
additions, major renovation.





I'd sure hate to have to drill through the split-fieldstone veneer over
concrete block that comes down to the ground on three sides of my house.

Stick-built houses are really much easier to work with. Every time
we need to make a penetration we rent a diamond-bit core drill.

Cindy Hamilton