Bringing DC wire in EMT from outside to inside. How??
I am installing solar panels on my detached garage and bringing the DC wires into my basement.
My inspector just came back to me and told me that any exposed portion of my DC wire must be in thin walled EMT. Based on my previous meeting I did not believe this was the case so now I have to change. Thought the plastic outside would be fine and no need in the garage.
I had dug a trench to bring the DC wire from my detached garage (where the panels are) to my home. That trench was approved. I used plastic conduit in the trench. Now, above ground and also along the joists and studs of the garage, the metal EMT has to be used.
My question: How do I go about connecting non-rigid EMT from outdoors to the indoors? With the plastic this was easy and I just used the plastic conduit bodies and drilled a hole in the wall.
However, all the conduit bodies I see for EMT are either for dry location only or are threaded.
Would something like this work to connect the emt to a threaded box?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3-4-in-Electrical-Metallic-Tube-EMT-Rain-Tight-Connector-26252/100572360
Any advice?
Thanks.
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Just use the connector you show on the EMT and a female adapter on the PVC. No conduit body needed