Andy G
12-05-2011, 04:49 AM
Is this kosher or overkill:
Homeowner needed additional recep on outside (side) of home. Plenty of spaces left in the panel (SQ-D Homeline), so he ran 12-2 UF from a shiny new 20A SQ-D GFCI breaker all the way to the opposing wall (8" block) of the home. Nails bent over in overhead floor joists serve as wire staples. At this wall, he bored a ~1" hole in the block. On the opposing (outside) wall of the home, he took about 10" of PVC conduit and glued a male adapter on one end and threaded it into the back of a wet location recep enclosure. The final two feet of conductor was then run through this nipple from inside to outside. This enclosure is tapconned to said wall and gives home to a duplex GFCI receptacle.
My questions:
- Wouldnt Romex have been satisfactory to make the panel-to-recep run, given the presence of the nipple which starts inside home (dry location) and terminating threaded in a dry location box?
- Multiple GFCI devices on same circuit are redundant and will prove fun for resetting trips. Which GFCI interrupt device is more preferable, the breaker which 'sits back and watches' from afar any ground fault issues and reacts accordingly, or a device that is at the specific location and could itself be immersed in a ground fault stimulus (water)?
Thanx for your input. This site is without a doubt an asset and provides a wealth of knowledge
Andy
Homeowner needed additional recep on outside (side) of home. Plenty of spaces left in the panel (SQ-D Homeline), so he ran 12-2 UF from a shiny new 20A SQ-D GFCI breaker all the way to the opposing wall (8" block) of the home. Nails bent over in overhead floor joists serve as wire staples. At this wall, he bored a ~1" hole in the block. On the opposing (outside) wall of the home, he took about 10" of PVC conduit and glued a male adapter on one end and threaded it into the back of a wet location recep enclosure. The final two feet of conductor was then run through this nipple from inside to outside. This enclosure is tapconned to said wall and gives home to a duplex GFCI receptacle.
My questions:
- Wouldnt Romex have been satisfactory to make the panel-to-recep run, given the presence of the nipple which starts inside home (dry location) and terminating threaded in a dry location box?
- Multiple GFCI devices on same circuit are redundant and will prove fun for resetting trips. Which GFCI interrupt device is more preferable, the breaker which 'sits back and watches' from afar any ground fault issues and reacts accordingly, or a device that is at the specific location and could itself be immersed in a ground fault stimulus (water)?
Thanx for your input. This site is without a doubt an asset and provides a wealth of knowledge
Andy