Is this a Luminaire?

[charlie b]

Originally Posted by al hildenbrand

I should've created a poll with this. Can a Moderator who sees this please help? Thanks.

As you wish.

[charlie b]

Originally Posted by al hildenbrand

The nightlight shown is literally only a nightlight.

Not that it will change my vote, but what (if anything) turns it on and off?

I voted yes. I agree that that means that it is installed in an outlet.

[al hildenbrand]

Originally Posted by charlie b

Not that it will change my vote, but what (if anything) turns it on and off?

Thanks for the assist with the Poll, Charlie.

This simplest form of the Hallway light is controlled somewhere else, by some form of a switch.

There are also Hallway lights that have a internal photoeye that runs them.

[480sparky]

Originally Posted by al hildenbrand

Thanks for the assist with the Poll, Charlie.

This simplest form of the Hallway light is controlled somewhere else, by some form of a switch.

There are also Hallway lights that have a internal photoeye that runs them.

I've put them on exterior photocells as well.

[LarryFine]

Originally Posted by al hildenbrand

Is this a Luminaire?

Absolutely.

It just happens to be one that mounts in a box like a device does, rendering that box a lighting outlet.

The box could have originally been a receptacle outlet (hopefully, not a required one), or a switch box.

[joebell]

At first I was thinking along the lines that this may qualifiy as a device considering it had a yoke. After looking up the definitions in Art. 100 I believe this is a luminare. A device has nohing to do with a yoke and it "carries or controls electrical energy as its principal function"

[electricmanscott]

I have several of those "luminaires" in my house. They are great.

[gndrod]

Originally Posted by al hildenbrand

There is no switch or receptacle in the P&S device shown. It requires a hot and neutral to work. The nightlight shown is literally only a nightlight.

Thanks Al, I agree...Luminaire. rbj

[Jim W in Tampa]

very much so is a light . I have several thru out the house. Some even have battery backup. All total might be burning 10 watts with led

[wwhitney]

Originally Posted by al hildenbrand

This group of light creating assemblies on a yoke have the properties of both a Luminaire and a Device.

I disagree. It is not a device, as it is not "a unit of an electrical system that carries or controls electric energy as its principal function." The principal function is to create light.

Cheers, Wayne

P.S. The outlet at a receptacle is the interface between the receptacle wipers and the utilization equipment's plug.