Installing Exterior Outlet in Vinyl Siding in 10 Minutes

How's one supposed to hang Christmas Lights on the house without an exterior outlet? Adding an exterior outlet in vinyl siding.

[glendavis]

The part I was interested in was getting the base of the vinyl block installed in existing vinyl siding. There are a few manufacturers of this box including Plygem but none seem to have a install video!

[mikeymyke]

I'm an electrician myself, and I personally would've just installed an electrical box inside the home, screwed against that floor joist close to where your hole was (though I admit I can't tell by the video how much space you got between the joist and the vent). That way, you don't have to mount that huge ass outdoor electrical box, instead you could've just mounted the weatherproof cover flush with the vinyl cover, so it doesn't stick out as much.

[suaveTech]

Nail the siding color matched box so that they can just barely shift side to side (for expansion) should help with fitting the electrical sealtight box better.
Also, silicone won't hurt in key areas.

[Adam-hphj]

Drilling blindly into a finished house and then looking for the hole after is a good way to get screwed. Last resort, drill where you haven't seen/ aren't sure of the location of like there's a gas line right behind the bit.

[OttawaMikes]

Thanks. I learned a lot from your "mis-steps".

[debbiesilva]

Excellent video. Your really professional guy.

[spatt]

Where did you get the white vinyl piece? Would be nice if you include links to products you use in your videos

[THEZEKER]

Nice video. I have to add to boxes by my front step. This was very informative. The heck with the naysayers.

[weekendhomeprojects]

You sure know your way around an outdoor box! Nice vid.

[ThruDaLenz]

from what I understand you cant use that romex wire cable because its considered a wet/ damp area outside and since the ground wire is bare in that romex cable is where the issue resides. I think you were suppose to run a sealed conduit thru that wall with THHN Solid wires. I think you can install a junction box to convert the romex to THHN from the inside the basement to outside.

[sergeyborovikov]

Very informative video! By the way, what mounting block was used? I checked local hardware stores, nothing similar.

[synthesizerisking]

Where is the wire you installed coming from? The source??? Is the other part inside plugged into an outlet or what??? I would like to install one of these on my back deck. Where did you bring that yellow wire What amp is it???? I am lost at the “I am going to push the wire through that hole”. Wire from where?

[TommiHonkonen]

Yes a smaller box would be more aerodynamic

[americanprowesssalvation-w]

You missed something... I would have used some Electrician Duct seal ( the grey thick stuff ) around the Top and sides of the cover otherwise water will get behind your siding. Kust saying...

[francisco]

So did you put something around the box to prevent water to go behind the siding?

[SunofYork]

Presumably the house as has plywood sheathing so that you can screw/nail into it... Older houses may be different ?

[jimsomerville]

Seems like those mounting blocks would allow water behind the siding.

[edallard]

Neat and workmanship like manner I don’t think so

[slappadabass]

Well my plan was to use this then continue the run with pvc for a pool pump. Unfortunately, you lose the access to the holes

[theresapower-natale]

outlet box not sitting flush with Siding (you even mentioned that)- Shouldn’t there be something between the frame of your exterior outlet box have an additional trim material that sits between outlet frame and actual siding to prevent anything such as moisture or anything between the frame of that outlet box and the the siding? Aesthetically It looks incomplete because of gap!