Wiring behind crown moldings

[nickster]

Under the Canadian Electrical code, is it acceptable to run electrical wire up the inside a wall - out a hole near the ceiling and use the crown molding as a channel to run the wire around a room - feed back through a hole - down to a switch

[Homer]

Is it acceptable to run electrical wire up the inside a wall - out a hole near the ceiling and use the crown molding as a channel to run the wire around a room - feed back through a hole - down to a switch?Where the cable comes through the wall you would need a surface mounted box or an LB fitting. You just can't poke cable through a wall.

As far as running cable across the wall, technically it would be OK if the run were entirely above 1.5m in height (threshold for being subject to damage). However, this sounds like a very poor way to do things as you would have unsightly boxes or fittings mounted on the wall.

I'm sure that there's a much better way to do what you need to do. What exactly are you trying to do?

Homer

[Unregistered]

Sure you can, people do it all the time. Garbs and dishwashers are prime examples.

[Homer]

Sure you can, people do it all the time. Garbs and dishwashers are prime examples.Your post brought a smile to my face. :D I've never seen any garbs or dishwashers mounted that close to the ceiling.

Homer

[flickit]

Sure you can, people do it all the time. Garbs and dishwashers are prime examples.
...in non-exposed areas and are either equipped with a socket to plug into a receptacle or are wired into a covered J_box with a strain relief screwed into the cover.