Questions about mouting box for outdoor light fixture
#1
11-19-14, 10:16 AM
Questions about mouting box for outdoor light fixture
1. Should there be some sort of a clip here around the romex?
2. The area under the electrical tape (in the center), the romex sheath is broken and also the insulation on the neutral wire. Is electrical tape around the outside of the sheath an acceptable fix? If not, what is?
3. Is this box too shallow to mount motion flood lights?
4. I assume around the wood and around the metal box (after a fixture is installed) should both be siliconed?
2. The area under the electrical tape (in the center), the romex sheath is broken and also the insulation on the neutral wire. Is electrical tape around the outside of the sheath an acceptable fix? If not, what is?
3. Is this box too shallow to mount motion flood lights?
4. I assume around the wood and around the metal box (after a fixture is installed) should both be siliconed?
#2
11-19-14, 10:31 AM
1. Should there be some sort of a clip here around the romex?
2. The area under the electrical tape (in the center), the romex sheath is broken and also the insulation on the neutral wire. Is electrical tape around the outside of the sheath an acceptable fix? If not, what is?
3. Is this box too shallow to mount motion flood lights?
4. I assume around the wood and around the metal box (after a fixture is installed) should both be siliconed?
#3
11-19-14, 10:50 AM
Member
I would suggest removing that box an installing this style box,this should have a built in clamp for the Romex ,is there any slack in that cable ? If so pull out as much as possible to try and get past the bad spot on the neutral, a motion sensor will normally mount on the fixture.
http://www.elvessupply.com/Arlington...Fetj7Aod0loAMQ
Geo
http://www.elvessupply.com/Arlington...Fetj7Aod0loAMQ
Geo
#4
11-19-14, 11:06 AM
I would suggest removing that box an installing this style box,this should have a built in clamp for the Romex ,is there any slack in that cable ? If so pull out as much as possible to try and get past the bad spot on the neutral, a motion sensor will normally mount on the fixture.
I don't know of an easy way to replace it. It ends up attached to a switch on the other side of a door frame on the inside.
Do I have another option?
Ray.. sorry.. I was having trouble getting my picture uploaded and I think you responded before I got it in place..
Thanks guys!
#5
11-19-14, 12:50 PM
Member
Best thing to do with the neutral would be to get a piece of heat shrink tubing and slip it over the neutral and mark it white, you can get heat shrink at the Big Orange.
Geo
Geo
#6
11-20-14, 12:41 PM
Ok, so I pulled back the torn sheathing and used heatshrink tubing on the individual wires where damaged. Then I did a couple of wraps of super 33+ tape around the heatshrink. Then I took some spare romex and cut the sheathing off and used it to replace the torn sheath and then wrapped that with tape too.
The exposed ends of the insulated wire in the box are still in somewhat weathered condition though.. They have a layer of clear plastic flaking off the insulation. Is this normal or should I wrap these with heatshrink also to be safe?
The exposed ends of the insulated wire in the box are still in somewhat weathered condition though.. They have a layer of clear plastic flaking off the insulation. Is this normal or should I wrap these with heatshrink also to be safe?
#7
11-21-14, 08:47 AM
Member
You could have run the heat shrink all the way up the two conductors and just left enough at the end to splice your fixture to, if I understand your question.
Geo
Geo
