I have a Nest outdoor security camera that I want to place on the outside of my house and I would like to drill through the insulated wall and plug it into an outlet which is directly on the other side of that wall. Would it be safe to do this? Is it safe to run an electrical wire through a wall with insulation in it or is there a better way to do this? I don't want this to become a fire hazard if I go this route.
Electrical – Is it safe to run an electrical cable through an insulated exterior wall
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If you're just using a regular outlet as you suggest behind the TV, then my suggestion would be to supply it like a regular outlet.
If there is another outlet nearby (directly below would be ideal), fish a wire to it, and attach it to that circuit.
If there is unfinished space below, you can get a wire down there (use a long "installer's drill bit") and then it should be relatively easy to find a circuit to attach it to (or just run it back to the panel).
I'd be nervous about any contraptions that attempt to get power to this circuit otherwise. You absolutely need to have a male end in the wall, as a male-to-male extension cable is dangerous to have.
The best thing I can think up totally as a DIY without requiring real hard-wiring would be to get a blank faceplate, and put a square hole in it, and then mount an IEC 320-C14 connector in it (eg. from digikey).
Then you can just use a standard C13 cord (like the kind used to connect most computers, TVs, etc) and plug it into a surge protector or UPS or whatever.
Any electrical socket in a bathroom must have GFCI protection. You're damp, you touch something with a ground fault, feel a slight tickle and wake up wearing a halo and wings. Of all places to hack together power supplies, a bathroom is absolutely the worst place to do this. Mystical theories about the heater protecting the strip from dampness don't remove the shock hazard.
Fire hazard is not your problem here
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Difficult to imagine a problem. I did this for my sprinkler (low voltage) power supply. When I put 110 V wire through the wall, I usually use conduit, but I must have skipped the conduit once. The house has 5 exterior receptacles put in by a professional electrician, none with conduit (conduit is not generally required in TX)