Re: Low voltage wiring - NEC question

[Martin <>]

Thanks for the reply. Just to clarify, I meant running the wire along
the inside wall of the garage. The NEC, from what I picked up from Web
searches, says you have to use conduit to run the wire through a wall,
from inside to outside. I'm sure it's safe to run the low voltage wire
along an inside wall, using fasteners intended for use with wiring,
but I'm not sure what the NEC says about it...


On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:41:22 -0400, "wkearney99"
<wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> According to what I've been able to find wrt NEC, if the wiring is run
>> *through* a wall it must be enclosed in conduit. However, if it is run
>> along a wall, is there any need to enclose it or do anything special?
>
>The upside to using conduit is avoiding interruption.  Animals have the
>annonying tendency to chew through exposed wiring.  Putting them in conduit
>helps avoid that.