How To Run Wires Through Roof

If you run the conduit cables over the side of the roof or down over the gutter that seems to be pretty ugly.

How to run wires through roof.

How do you keep wires hidden in your rv. Thanks all it s a little confoosing. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper backing of the attic insulation. You can seal it but it s always going to be a weak spot.

The best way is to go around the roof not through it. Drilling through the roof. In this video we install a roof mounted wiring box with waterproof cable glands. See how i ran a new rear view camera cable the full length of the rv along the chassis a.

Run the conduit over the edge and bring it in through the gable end or eave. It seems you would need a pretty large roof penetration to run the conduit or cables directly through the roof. That way water can not stand around the penetration and eventually work its way through. Please refer to these above options as a guide only.

I don t really have a problem with the roof penetration since it s a detached uninsulated garage. The installer ran the wires without properly sealing them and without leaving an option to add future wires. If the sites that you want to run wire to are on the outside of the house you should not need to drill a new hole. Wireing through metal roof and wiring code my personal preference is to not put holes in roofs if possible.

Additionally if you ever need to redo the roof it will be a pain to deal with the wires that are now in the way. The next step is to run the solar or antenna cables into the rv through the new access hole. I guess i m not passing it through joists it s going over them so i could argue the case it came to it not that i want to argue with the assessor but y know. I am a radio amateur and want to run an antenna cable through my house s tiled roof up by the chimney length of cable run is important and running it down over the tiles over the gutter then up and in through the soffit is too long and there s no way to fix the cable on the 5m run down the tiles.

Normally wiring not accessible does not need to be in conduit. As soon as you have a hole you are providing a path for water. This is the least favorable option as it is not reversible. Run the cables through the roof access.

I could read the reg s section 2 3 2 from the electricans guide to the reg s to say that if a cable passes through joists it needs to be 50mm from top or bottom or in earther conduit.