Hi all,
Do we have any licensed electricians here? I don't have a current code book and I want to do some outdoor lighting and I just want to check and see if what I want to do is kosher. Here's what I have and what I want to do.
I've currently got a dedicated 15A GFI circuit that I was running my low voltage landscape lighting with. I'm sick of replacing bulbs and correcting bad connections from the cheap cheesy connections that they use on the low voltage fixtures. Last week while cleaning out the beds in front of the house I ripped out all of the old JUNK low voltage stuff. I've found some nice 110V outdoor spots that I just want to light the front of the house with. They are designed for "landscape lighting". I already have the circuit there and just want to tie into it and run 14/2 wire designed for direct burial. I don't want to go down 18" or more so I'm planning on just putting it in the gray PVC conduit. I just want to run the wire in the conduit and into the junction boxes at each fixture. There is only five fixtures total. I want to use the PVC junction boxes and install one of those watertight covers on them. The covers have a gasket and a threaded hole that the fixture will mount directly to. I just want to set the boxes flush with the ground level.
Will this setup meet current code ? I thought that as long as the wire was run in conduit it can be shallow.
I just don't want to get into this and find that I need to do $500 worth of electrical work.
Thanks
John
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