I am hooking up my 50 amp generator to the house via inlet and interlock. I will mount the inlet on the outside of my garage which is the same wall as my panel (albeit inside). So the panel and inlet are essentially back to back except of course the inlet is lower and to the side a bit. Also, my garage is finished so the walls are drywalled. My question is how do I need to run wire from the inlet to the panel and keep it to code? I'm assuming I need 6awg THWN for the entire run since the inlet is outside, but when I leave the inlet, can I just poke through the back of the inlet, run NM conduit straight through the wall and put a j-box in the garage and then run a short piece of conduit to below the panel? Since my walls are finished, I'm guessing then I can stop the conduit run right below the panel then punch through and run the wire up into the panel? But I thought that wire entering the panel needed to be stapled or secured within 11" of entrance? Or do I need to open the wall and run conduit all the way to the panel? I'm partial to neat and complete. I want my run to be inspector proof!

Hi everyone, I bought a Z-Wave Leviton light switch hoping to control my exterior patio lights. I've changed a few receptacles before but haven't changed a light switch before. I thought it would be as simple as the receptacle (as stated in the diagram) but it looks like the wiring is a bit different. I've taken some images and a quick video to see if I can get some advice from you guys on what to do. I am trying to replace this switch: The confusion I am having is the Leviton switch seems to requires the black, white, and red wires in this diagram: Full Image Resolution: [url]http://i.imgur.com/KwVJVWs.jpg[/url] Would anyone be able to give me a bit of advice how I would go about wiring the new switch? Here are more images of the two switches. I am changing the exterior light (on the right), and keeping the interior light (on the left) as is. Thanks for any help you can provide!