DIYbanter - Where to run the wire....

Jon Danniken wrote:
Installing a 10K BTU A/C (8A) for a relative. The outlet to be used is on
the far end of a daisy chain of a half-dozen other outlets and two ceiling
lights.

It looks like I'll be running a dedicated wire for this outlet.

The outlet in question is two feet from an exterior corner, and about a foot
off of the ground.

All of the wires in the house go up from the breaker box, and route around
in the attic to whatever header they drop down from. There isn't a wire
coming out of the header above the outlet in question (nor the adjacent
one), leading me to believe it goes horizontal through it's daisy chain.

If I run the wire up to the attic, I have to fish through wall insulation, a
firebreak, and the header, which has about 10" of working room in the attic.
Did I mention the 18" of blown insulation?

If I drop the wire down to the crawl space, I have to make a 90 degree bend
in the 4"x6" footer (down from above, into from below), and will have to cut
out two kicker panels for work access (one below the outlet and one below
the breaker box in the utility room).

I'm thinking my best bet will be to run the wire down.

What say you?

Jon

It's a window AC. It is ugly anyway, and the pigtail is ugly, too. Run
the new string through the crawlspace, and come up through the
baseboard. Put the dedicated single-hole outlet in one of those
surface-mount boxes that are designed to use in a big living room under
the long skinny table that goes behind the couch sitting in the middle.
If you buy a pretty box, and notch the baseboard so it backs up against
the wall surface, nobody will look twice at it.

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