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Posted by buffalobill on December 29, 2006, 1:39 am
your address will determine code which varies by municipality and type
of construction and use. local questions to your electrical inspector,
where you paid for a permit, are ok.
mcelhane@hiwaay.net wrote:
> I am mounting an exterior light onto an existing wall (with siding
> installed) on my new (yet to be fully inspected) house. I want to
> recess the electrical box into the exterior wall so that the base of
> the light fixtgure is flush with the wall; however the "weatherproof"
> electrical boxes that I have found are primarily for mounting directly
> to the wall and are a little ugly.
> If this was an interior wall, I would simply buy an "old work" plastic
> ceiling box, cut a hole in the wall, and insert the box. However, is a
> plastic box okay for an exterior application? Is there a code
> requirement that I need to know?
>
>
> Thanks
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