Timeline for Best solution for outdoor outlet with permanent connection?
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 23:51 | vote | accept | Justin | ||
| Feb 13, 2021 at 0:26 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Note that NEC 590.3(B) sets a 90-day limit on holiday lighting type products | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 23:56 | answer | added | Jimmy Fix-it | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 23:51 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | @Mazura, yes. The code says to follow manufacturers instructions... once you cut the cord cap off and hard-wire a set of string lights... goodbye UL Listing and goodbye code compliance. Not that it wouldn't work though; I would do it... | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 22:31 | comment | added | Mazura | @NoSparksPlease - "a weathertight cover with a Cord Grip Bushing", +1. UL; w/e: just can't sell it. Is there code that says you can't hardwire an exterior string light? Same as a pendant, no? Basically this question but weathertight and a cord bushing instead of a box-to-box. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 22:14 | comment | added | HABO | What is the difference between a weather resistant GFCI and a standard GFCI? It likely also includes a conformal coating over the internal circuitry to protect them from condensation. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 21:52 | answer | added | JRaef | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 20:27 | comment | added | JACK | An outside outlet will need to be GFCI protected. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 17:21 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 12, 2021 at 17:18 | comment | added | NoSparksPlease | My first inclination is to use a weathertight cover with a Cord Grip Bushing, but anything besides a receptacle and in-use cover would likely run into UL (CSA,ETL,MET) Listing issues for the light string. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 17:13 | comment | added | Justin | Yes it was... but I want the new "light" to be the string lights | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 17:03 | comment | added | isherwood | A standard in-use wet location outlet cover should do. They all have interior capacity for plugged cords nowdays. Odd that your box is round, though. Was it intended as a light? | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 16:55 | history | asked | Justin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |