jar546
CBO
Would you accept this cover for an exterior balcony?
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In Use Cover for Exterior Balcony Receptacle
- Thread starter jar546
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Well then...would a broken plastic cover be better or worse?
jar546
CBO
I did not know that. Do they make one that doubles as a door stop?
jar546
CBO
steveray
SAWHORSE
Maybe...is it listed for the use?
jar546
CBO
In use covers are required and this is not an in use cover
Mrs Stotmiester would fail any student that used the word “very”..
steveray
SAWHORSE
How do I know that from the picture?
jar546
CBO
Because it is obvious to anyone who has electrical experience. I don't know any other way to say that. One is a box that that the receptacle is in and the other is a flip cover.
steveray
SAWHORSE
But without the cover open it is not that easy to discern, you wouldn't know that the receptacle isn't recessed in there....Maybe you could explain the dead giveaways on the exterior of box such as the threaded plugs that would let a person that is not an electrical god know that "hey, maybe I ought to take a closer look at this" because it looks like a surface mount box, not an extension that would be set up for in use....
jar546
CBO
Understood. Based on the materials used for this installation, it is obvious that it is not an in-use cover. You can't recess a GFCI receptacle inside a single gang exterior metal box and yes, the plugs are a giveaway. Bubble covers are much more obtrusive.
If the hole in the wall was just a little bit larger the box could be recessed. Given how this turned out, you should require that.
jar546
CBO
Is the hole behind the box code compliant? If I can toss a cat though the gap.... I think not.
jar546
CBO
As it sits now, the door will miss the box and it’s cover. If an I use cover is installed, the door will hit the cover. I find that to be unacceptable and I would seek a remedy. Since there is an obvious need for patch work, a recessed outlet is a possibility.