Plywood Backboard with outlet
Hi Reddit, Getting Fiber internet installed in a few days and wanted to put together a nice spot for it. In my basement, I have a small closet where some old telco and cable comes in from outside. In that closet, I wanted to mount a piece of 1/2 thick plywood to the studs using 3 inch wood screws with washers. Right above that wall is a light fixture on a pretty lightly used 15A circuit. I was going to pull a short piece of 14AWG romex with ground to that fixture, drill a hole in the top stud and plywood, poke the wire through and mount a surface mount box on the plywood with an outlet inside. I got a clamp to screw onto the knockout on the surface mount box. 5/8 inch wood screws to mount the box and other network equipment to the plywood. Do I have to spray foam around the romex to seal the holes? Besides that, anything else I'm missing or that you would suggest? Thank you https://imgur.com/a/fKvFihm submitted by /u/geekywarrior [link] [comments]
Hi Reddit,
Getting Fiber internet installed in a few days and wanted to put together a nice spot for it. In my basement, I have a small closet where some old telco and cable comes in from outside.
In that closet, I wanted to mount a piece of 1/2 thick plywood to the studs using 3 inch wood screws with washers.
Right above that wall is a light fixture on a pretty lightly used 15A circuit.
I was going to pull a short piece of 14AWG romex with ground to that fixture, drill a hole in the top stud and plywood, poke the wire through and mount a surface mount box on the plywood with an outlet inside. I got a clamp to screw onto the knockout on the surface mount box. 5/8 inch wood screws to mount the box and other network equipment to the plywood.
Do I have to spray foam around the romex to seal the holes?
Besides that, anything else I'm missing or that you would suggest?
Thank you
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