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Indoor outlet outdoor light |
04/04/1999 08:51 PM |
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Can this be done ? Want to take power from outlet fridge is plugged into,
this is a 2proung outlet, the light would be low voltage and located about 4two5 ft on the outside. thank nat |
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04/04/1999 10:26 PM |
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Is the outlet on an external wall? If so you can drill a hole from the present internal power outlet to the outside of the building. Run a short stub of conduit from the internal outlet to a new water repellent external box. Connect a black to black, white to white, short pieces of wires from internal to external box(s). Being an external box, you must put a GFCI in the external box even though you only have a non-grounded internal box. The will satify the NEC code and provide safety. HTH |
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04/05/1999 08:02 PM |
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Your only problem is when the compressor for the refrigerator kicks on, the lights will probably dim. |
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04/06/1999 08:12 AM |
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and if you trip the breaker, you may not know it until the fridge begins to smell. That's why fridges are required to be on their own circuit. |
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