If I put an external box not integrated into the light fixture itself, I will have so much protrusion the light fixture would extend well beyond the drip line of the wall above the lintel. I traced the circuit to a junction box in a wall outlet.Īny solutions? Are there still available external lighting with a built-in junction box? I went to a couple of Big Box stores here in Canada but could find no solutions. The light is part of a circuit that extends up the wall to the room above. There is a ground and it was fully accessible, as easy as 2 screws to change the lightbulb. Looking at the old light, it is the type that was a a junction box in itself. I am stuck with that wire coming out at that location and nowhere to put a junction box in, certainly not recessed. There is no non-structural support nearby, the rest being concrete.
I need to replace that light and thought to put in a junction box per Code, but the shielded wire is passed through the supporting lintel, which is structural. It looks well done and has apparently been like that for decades, but the light case broke when a hockey ball hit it (kids!). The wire comes straight out of the wall (w/ground). I took off the light to find no junction box. It was an incandescent bulb system, pretty typical. An outdoor, marine-style light used over my garage driveway in a 50+ year house needs replacing.
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