DIY Deck (Part 23): How to Run 120V Underground Wiring to a Deck for LED string light?
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2021
- This is Part 23 of my #Azek deck project, I am running a 120V power from my house all the way to the deck and installed the #Feit LED String Lights. There are many technical details I want to share with you, hope you get some good information from the video.
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Your wife is a very lucky person to have such a talented husband. Congrats on another awesome video. I like your style. No rambling - just right to it with clear explanations and nice video editing. I loved using the vacuum to suck out the guide wire
Great job!!!
Thank You for sharing.🙏🏼
Thank you! This was great!
Excellent video. By any chance do you have all the DIY Deck videos as a video series? That will be a very valuable resource.
Learned a lot.
Thank you for your knowledge and time. You have a beautiful deck. Enjoy it.
Thank you kindly!
This is a great video, very thorough. I can’t comment on the quality of the work, because I don’t know much about electrical. However, I did want to chime in that you can now purchase solar powered string lights. The solar panel chargers a battery, which will keep your lights running for days. This doesn’t take care of the electrical outlet in the deck, but it is a very easy way of adding string lights.
Excellent video. Just FYI, Romex is also rated at 90 degrees.
Great point!
I did something similar but i use wago leveler connectors. To connect romex 120v to 18g full copper wire it said rating 120v light fixture cable.. it came with a tick isolation... no issue at all. I dont like the idea to hace receptable all over place to connect a plug instead use a wago connector just cut the plug nd use wire. Also you may solder de strand wire both works fine.. also i install secutiry camaras bc the adpater its 5v transformer i did ending using shrink tubing to attach 18g wire no problem at all NJ usa and keep the adpater insisde a double gang box.
Where I live, your receptacle must be of type GFCI. The light switch would be downstream of the gfci receptacle so that if the breaker (in the gfci receptacle) jumps, because of an electrical ground leak, the lights and receptacle would be disconnected from the upstream electrical connection.
I would not use a panel GFCI for what you did. Why? Most receptacle GFCI's have a LED light to indicate the breaker has tripped. I would not want to have to run to the panel ( Run from the deck, to indoors to the utility room) to learn why there is no power).
As an aside, having done a DIY kitchen, the rule I followed is no more than 5 amps per receptacle or 2 receptacales wired downstream to a GFCI. That should be the same rule you followed. All recepticales were powered from the gfci receptacle. .
Thanks for comment. The way I did was very similar to panel GFCI. Instead of using a breaker GFCI, I have installed the GFCI receptacle indoor in basement to protect the downstream outdoor, kind of similar to one GFCI protects all the outlets in your kitchen. Is this up to code? I don't know.. But as you can see, I tested with the GFCI tester and it worked. I think if I understand what you suggested, you are saying in my Double gang electrical box, I can replace the RIGHT hand side standard receptacle with a GFCI receptacle to eliminate my indoor GFCI. So, the GFCI LED can be seen on the deck and don't don't have to run indoor to troubleshoot.
@@DIYable YES. In snow, running into the house, removing boots, etc, or getting the kids or the wife to check the gfci breaker, to me is an inconvenience. Since you bought the panel gfi, keep it, and just have the GFCI at the deck. (That is what I have done).
With kids around cutting the grasss and not being careful, I have had the electric mower cut it's own cable and trip the gfci. I unplugged the cord from the deck, reset the jumped breaker and all but the mower cord were restored as when purchased. Yes to teens, even if they accidently cut the mower cord.
I am in Montreal, where we do get your weather, only 15 hours later.
Good point... thanks for the comment. Montreal is beautiful!!!!
Mike holms would be screaming to get a permit
LOL... I hope Mike Holmes is not watching this. LOL