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readydave8 said:
If inspector required box installed at roughin inspection instead of hole in plywood with NM tail, would that help?
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I have no idea why they don't require a box installed at rough inspection but for some reason they let it go. If you do install a metal box they will want to see the box grounded at rough.

I looked at a job the other day where they had plastic boxes ( 4" square ) and metal blank covers and the inspector didn't catch it but I advised them to get plastic 4 square covers because the next inspector may notice when he comes back for re-inspection.

I have never installed a fixture directly on the siding and always use either flush or surface mounted box. It can cost a litttle more and take more time.
 
i think this was discussed before in the past too, and some mentioned just to use a chase nipple so that NM-B was not exposed outside the wall.

growler said:
I have never installed a fixture directly on the siding and always use either flush or surface mounted box. It can cost a litttle more and take more time.
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whats the diff between the two ??
 
growler said:
I have no idea why they don't require a box installed at rough inspection but for some reason they let it go. If you do install a metal box they will want to see the box grounded at rough.

I looked at a job the other day where they had plastic boxes ( 4" square ) and metal blank covers and the inspector didn't catch it but I advised them to get plastic 4 square covers because the next inspector may notice when he comes back for re-inspection.

I have never installed a fixture directly on the siding and always use either flush or surface mounted box. It can cost a litttle more and take more time.
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One time I put the romex in a pancake box and screwed it to the plywood. I made the whole big, maybe an inch, and told the siders "you can take the box off and adjust it to you're siding". When I came back the pancake box was just screwed to the siding with the hole just big enough for the wire:dunce:
 
mbrooke said:
If a connection goes bad wire size would not matter. It would still heat up if it became loose.
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True. The fixtures here have plenty of room to act as a j-box, tho I dont know that any are rated for such. Then there are lights that barely have enough room for the fixture wires let alone any NM or wirenuts.
 
GerryB said:
One time I put the romex in a pancake box and screwed it to the plywood. I made the whole big, maybe an inch, and told the siders "you can take the box off and adjust it to you're siding". When I came back the pancake box was just screwed to the siding with the hole just big enough for the wire:dunce:
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seen that often

also they take the box off, I've found them thrown out in yard
 
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