hi,
if it had been up to me i would have CONDEMNDED the old house. it was practically gutted by a fire..the insurance co. would not scrap it and hired a resoration co. to come back in and try to rebuild everything. the old house has wood siding that is covered by vinyl siding. the wood is so rotten that the nails are not holding the boards together, you can almost push your finger through it.
when i ran the riser for the service, i had to run bolts all the way through the wall then use fender washers on the inside to secure the thing. i knew the siding would never hold.
i am like you i was going to offer to put a metal plate on the interior side to protect the cable.
safety is my concern so i will put it in a raceway if i can get enough responses that agree that SEC cable should be protected even if not exposed...
thanks
-regards
frodo
