How To Wire In An Outside Socket With Siding

How to install an outdoor electrical socket this video shows how any competent person with a reasonable amount of diy skills can easily fit an outdoor socket.

How to wire in an outside socket with siding.

Type uf cable is the most commonly used nonmetallic cable for residential outdoor wiring runs. Installing an outdoor outlet gives you easier access to power so that you can light your yard or use certain power tools. Simply drive galvanized deck screws through the mounting lugs. This video shows a unique and ez way to mark and cut out an electrical box hole in metal siding.

Supply wiring for outdoor socket. After you ve mounted the lb to the siding go inside and add a conduit connector and a metal electrical box to the other end of the emt. Uf cable can be direct buried without conduit with a minimum of 24 inches of earth cover. Screw the outlet to the box then apply a bead of silicone around the face of the box.

The gland is tapered to allow for the steel wires of the cable to be secured to the it via a brass nut. Outdoor electrical outlets differ from indoor outlets because they have watertight covers that protect the outlet even with a cord plugged in. Square metal box to the side of the stud. Be sure to get an outlet box that s meant for exterior use.

Wiring buried inside rigid metal rmc or intermediate metal imc conduit must have at least 6 inches of earth cover. Swa cable is connected and secured to the exterior socket box by glands. Strip the insulation from the end of the cable and attach the bare copper wire to the green grounding screw inside the box. Plus the national electrical code requires all outdoor outlets to be gfci outlets ground fault circuit interrupter outlets.

Screw on the box cover. For brick or stucco siding mount the box with masonry anchors. For vinyl siding over composition board use hollow wall anchors. On the inside of the shed you ll screw a 4 x 4 in.

Screw an exterior outlet box to the outside wall so it lines up with the hole. Installing an outdoor socket. Guide the end of the 12 2 cable through the hole in the middle of the exterior box and push the box against your siding. Make the wire connections between the cable and a gfci outlet.

This box is where you ll make the connections from your house wiring to the new shed wiring. My main tool for perfection.