sundowner
06-11-2007, 01:29 AM
Ran into a strange situation the other day. Got a call to meet with one of the student artists. She says she needs to lamp a forty foot hallway with paintings hung on the wall. Ok I said, lets see what you have in mind to do it
with. Shows me a twenty pound transformer with a six foot cord--(no plate), aluminum track to accept some low voltage flat cable, and some mounting hardware for the twelve volt lights and the track to T bar grid.
Dumb questions first... why cant I remove the six foot cord from the xformer, install it above the ceiling, ( as hardwired in a suitable enclosure) and run the low voltage cabling down the wall in a "decorative" chase (like a stick of texture painted 700). Is this a violation of 110.3(B). Does 300.22(C)2 allow me to mount the device in a Hoffman box and take it from there. The space above the grid is'nt used for air handling anyway.
Whatcha think
Steve
with. Shows me a twenty pound transformer with a six foot cord--(no plate), aluminum track to accept some low voltage flat cable, and some mounting hardware for the twelve volt lights and the track to T bar grid.
Dumb questions first... why cant I remove the six foot cord from the xformer, install it above the ceiling, ( as hardwired in a suitable enclosure) and run the low voltage cabling down the wall in a "decorative" chase (like a stick of texture painted 700). Is this a violation of 110.3(B). Does 300.22(C)2 allow me to mount the device in a Hoffman box and take it from there. The space above the grid is'nt used for air handling anyway.
Whatcha think
Steve