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Old 04-15-2024, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by MandoMan View Post
I’m not sure about here, but in many places, it would be legal for you to do this yourself as the homeowner but illegal for a helpful neighbor to do it for you. There would be unpleasant liability issues, for one thing, if you were electrocuted. Something like that has to be watertight. It’s not like running wires in the house. You need silicone-filled wire nuts, for example. Last summer my house got five inches of rain in one day. That box could potentially be partially underwater in a rain like that.


Exactly!!! Hard to believe anybody would want electricity on the ground like that. Especially in Florida where plastic deteriorates so fast. That cover will fail at some point I reckon.