Wiring screened porch

[realolman]

What do i need to use to wire a screened in porch? Single family (my house ), elevated off the ground... wood frame construction ... Shingled roof connected to house.... Is it a damp location?
Can i use Emt stubs up thru floor for recepts? Do i have to use uf and not use romex?
thank you

 

[user 100]

What do i need to use to wire a screened in porch? Single family (my house ), elevated off the ground... wood frame construction ... Shingled roof connected to house.... Is it a damp location?
Can i use Emt stubs up thru floor for recepts? Do i have to use uf and not use romex?
thank you

Where are you planning on mounting your recs? A screened porch would be considered a damp location under article 100, so uf or better would be required.

 

[realolman]

Where are you planning on mounting your recs? A screened porch would be considered a damp location under article 100, so uf or better would be required.

Thank you. Thats what i wanted to know

 

[Buck Parrish]

Although not required PVC is what most people use on exposed work in residential to protect the wire.

 

[realolman]

To me, some of this is simple and some is not... Is the space between the roof and the ceiling on a screened porch a damp location?

are boxes in the soffit a damp location?

if it is necessary to use UF and u want to do a couple 3 ways or switched recepts, the 14/3 UF is a problem due to its physical size.

Now then, a question: what would happen to NM exposed to the "dampness" under a porch roof.... I'd be inclined to think nothing... That it would last as long and be as safe as it is anywhere else and be a lot less of a pain in the butt to install.