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Are the conductors in AC and/or MC marked? I've seen many mentions of folks wanting to strip the jacket off Romex and run the wires through conduit, which idea is nixed because the conductors aren't marked. Is the situation different with AC and MC? Otherwise, I don't see how one could use this fitting to transition from AC/MC to EMT.

EMT to 3/8" flex makes sense, though, to continue a THHN run into a motor whip, etc.

Yup, I completely missed the "fixture is not grounded" violation!

I'll accept that it's a "damp" location. I'd still want a weathertight box.

As to surface mounting that fixture to siding or timber: It's OK for the entire back of the "junction box" formed by the fixture base to be combustible? I mean, I'm sure it's done a thousand times a day, but is it a "correct" wiring method?

I have a theory: The installer intended to mount the light fixture on the box, but after he got it mounted and the conduit and Romex attached, he noticed that the screw holes were on the wrong diagonal (look at the fixture base). Instead of re-doing the box, he just screwed the fixture to the soffit, put a blank cover on the box, and said, "Yeah, I meant to do it that way."

Who ever really knows what went through the mind of a hack worker?

The fixture might not have a ground lead; many such fixtures are entirely made of plastic.

Technical rules aside, I'd also like to see a weathertight box- too many times I've found standard boxes infested with spiders or wasps. Really annoying to try to take the cover off- and see multiple little legs pulling back :-)