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Malibu Voltage Outdoor
Why do low voltage transformers need to be installed outdoors only?
All of these power packs state for outdoor installation only. I called Malibu technical service and all she told me was that it was the UL code. Doesn't tell me much. I'd much rather install it in my basement, plugged into a GFI outlet down there and run the wiring through an appropriately-size hole outdoors, so long as I don't run the risk of burning my house down or something. My nearest outdoor outlet is 100' away and I don't want to install a new outlet unless I absolutely have to. Tx!
The primary code problem is the supply wire running from ther transformer to your lights -but it is a technicality.
Here's how I'd handle it:
Remove the cover from a basement box and mount a surface mount box to that. If the basement box is already surface mounted, then just use it as a junction box. Otherwise, the surface mount box is just a way to get a wire into the basement outlet box.
Run a section of 12/2UG ("underground") into the box, then feed the other end through your hole in the wall and attach it to a surface mount, weather proof box and outlet you install wehere ever you want to plug the transformer in. You're basically doing the same thing as you suggested -but now, it should meet code.
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