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Mounting outside lights on metal building?
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[#1] Posted: 09/28/2009 - 06:49:53 AM		Reply with Quote
I planned to use a motion detector with the two flood lights centered above my garage door. I started cutting thinking I would put a plastic box behind the metal siding inside the garage. However, being centered it is over a raised rib where two panels meet and it looks like I made a mess. It was hard to cut and I just stopped. Any ideas on how to properly mount this light and make it look ok and not leak?


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 [#2] Posted: 09/28/2009 - 5:36:38 PM		Reply with Quote
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 [#3] Posted: 09/28/2009 - 6:06:55 PM		Reply with Quote
The beauty of mounting a light on the exterior of a metal building is you only have to run one wire.
Chad Fabry
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