The garage door outlet in my new(to me) house was wired that way, 18/2! To a recept screwed to the cieling, no box! Apparently worked for many years, as the cloth wire and rect. hasn't been available for 20+ years. Did look fairly heated though.
First item in the dumptser!
Theelectrikid, sounds like you have some work to be done around the homestead.....
