@JeffLock Is the cable pre-existing cable or will you be running new cable? If you to run new cable I would run external cable and then mount to wood as mentioned by @PhilipDAth if you are worried about the cable being exposed.
If the warehouse isn't humid or dusty I wouldn't be that concerned.
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