I have an old house, built in 1926, that could use some repair work (no surprise).
In the basement, part of the junctions two junctions in which lightbulb outlets were installed in tiny, circular junction boxes. I recently removed them, and installed larger boxes with outlets instead. The real issue came when trying to put the rigid metal "conduit" back in place. I put conduit in quotes because I think it is really old water pipe used instead.
Because the junction boxes are larger, the conduit connecting the two pushes them further apart, making for a very klutzy install. I would like to replace the rigid conduit with flexible, giving me more, err, flexibility in the install.
Here is my problem. Because I am home repair newb, I had never heard of NM cable before. From what I have read about it, it looks much easier to work with, and, therefore, is right up my alley. The cable connecting the junctions will be running along the top of the basement, out of reach of heavy people traffic. However, my house has no grounding wires, it is only hot and neutral (110), and it can get relatively more damp in the basement than the rest of the house. Given this, can I use NM for this purpose? Am I violating code? Is there some serious risk associated with it that I should be aware of? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA, hbchrist