Turning an (indoor) hanging light into an outdoor plug-in light
I have two hanging lights that look like the wiring is 18/2. The boxes for the hanging lights have a ground wire as well. I'm actually planning on hanging them under our covered porch and instead of hard wiring, they will be plugged into a switched outlet that is located on the porch. Just curious, I'm not using the boxes to hang them, I'll use an independent hook. Do I need to worry about grounding them? The fixtures are hemp rope, not metal. Also, can I just use a regular lamp wire and a vampire plug on them, or is it better to buy a two prong plug from HD and use that? Any thoughts are appreciated. submitted by /u/chrisutpg [link] [comments]
I have two hanging lights that look like the wiring is 18/2. The boxes for the hanging lights have a ground wire as well. I'm actually planning on hanging them under our covered porch and instead of hard wiring, they will be plugged into a switched outlet that is located on the porch.
Just curious, I'm not using the boxes to hang them, I'll use an independent hook. Do I need to worry about grounding them? The fixtures are hemp rope, not metal.
Also, can I just use a regular lamp wire and a vampire plug on them, or is it better to buy a two prong plug from HD and use that?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
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