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I am installing an outide lite on a vinyl siding mounting block.
Electricity is available 5 feet away via a duplex outside GFI vinyl
siding mounted outlet.
Question: Can I run 14/3 under the vinyl siding connecting the source
to the lite?
If so, what type romex do I need? NM-B?
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Any recommendation on the "steel protector" referenced above? Is there a
specific brand or type? I am doing a similar project.

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On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 02:14:01 +0000, Jeff Garlock
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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)
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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.



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


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


I was really just answering the question asked but it does beg the
question, is there an extra 6 cu/in left over in the box he wants to
hit and is there a chance he can just fish the RX down the inside of
the wall. That is a far less invasive solution.
There are tricks to do that. The hardest part may be picking the knock
out out of the box from inside.
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I am installing an outide lite on a vinyl siding mounting block.
Electricity is available 5 feet away via a duplex outside GFI vinyl
siding mounted outlet.
Question: Can I run 14/3 under the vinyl siding connecting the source
to the lite?
If so, what type romex do I need? NM-B?



*Use MC cable. Attach a bonding bushing to the MC connector and put a
grounding pigtail on the bushing. You may need to use an angle connector to
go into the siding block from behind.

Why do you need a 3 wire?

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