Landscape wire used on LV lights inside house, Yes or No?
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curt swartz
Electrical Contractor - San Jose, CA
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I would say its acceptacle if using a Class 2 power supply. If its not a Class 2 supply you would need to use a Chapter 3 wiring method.
Is this run in the walls or exposed? I'm not sure if that even matters though (for speaker wiring they will advertise it as "in wall" if it is CL2 listed). I would think you would need CL2 rated wire for a LV light. The outdoor stuff generally isn't CL2 rated (it probably isn't fireproof). I believe the reason to say no would be for the same reason you can't use USE type cable inside a building.
electrofelon
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It should be cl2 or cl3 rated cable. Most people, even inspectors, seem to think you can do whatever you want if its "low voltage" Ive been doing this job in Seattle with a ton of in wall speaker, audio/ video/ and low voltage lighting and I made sure to use all CL3 cable to cover my butt. They are pretty on top of things here in Seattle but they never even looked at any of the low voltage stuff.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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Outdoor landscape wire is not listed for indoors. It does not have a vertical flame rating and cannot enter the structure.
curt swartz
Electrical Contractor - San Jose, CA
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- San Jose, CA
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I thought I remembered seeing a CL2 rating on some of the landscape lighting wire but after looking at a few spec sheets I don't see any with that listing now.
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- Placerville, CA, USA
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- Retired PV System Designer
Some Southwire cable is dual listed with a Canadian rating which os more general than landscape, but still does not allow indoor use in the US.
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