Install Power Conduit On Siding

Pvc conduit the maximum spacing between supports is 3 ft.

Install power conduit on siding.

The conduit can wrap around corners with a service ell but don t run it in front of doors. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Start date may 11 2020.

To make the connections in the junction box hold the stripped ends of the wires side by side and screw on a wire nut. Turn the drill on and slowly push through the wall behind the outlet box. Metal conduit from an existing exterior outlet to the new location. Drill a hole through your structure where you will supply your power.

Run wires inside 1 2 in. Simply drill a hole through the rim joist and siding then run a cable from a basement light fixture to the outlet location. Remove the cable sheathing down to 1 2 inch. Then flash the siding out over the trim board on the top for drainage and add j channel on the underside of the trim board.

This is a little more obvious maybe even objectionable depending on where it is mounted and who is looking at it but it alleviates the problems with penetrating the siding or adding the siding after the service conduit. Use wire strippers to strip 1 2 inch of insulation from each individual wire. Attach the bare copper grounding wire to the green screw of your new exterior gfci outlet. Trim the exterior end of the cable so that you have 4 inches sticking out of the electrical box.

Drill straight through the back of the outlet box and siding. The installation will look better if you use the kind of hanger that offsets the pvc conduit the same distance from the wall as the knockout on your elecrical boxes. This is our most comprehensive. May 11 2020 1 i plan on mounting 3 4 pvc vertically perpendicular to horizontal vinyl siding.

Position the end of a 12 in 30 cm drill bit through the hole at the back of the outlet box making sure it doesn t touch any wires.