Suspended Exit Sign?

[ike5547]

Anyone here ever suspend an exit sign 10' or more? I have a situation where an exterior exit is completely surrounded by widow panes.

I would think a sign here wouldn't even be required because it is plainly obvious that it's an exit. Customer wants one anyway.

 

[ericgold]

I've never done it, but seen it done a few times, and every time its done differently. I've seen people use all thread, others wire rope, some chain. Some go MC into the sign, others pipe.

 

[ivsenroute]

Maybe you should just come out of the floor with an arched conduit run. It may be closer. LOL

Anyway. If it is the only exit door from the building then one is not required, otherwise yes, it is required. Not many newer buildings only have one door. What about emergency lighting? Is that already taken care of too?

 

[ike5547]

There are two exits on opposite sides of the space. The front is easily accessible as far as conduit is concerned. The rear is the one surrounded on all sides by windows.

This place is a distribution warehouse for DVDs. Not open to the general public.

 

[rt66electric]

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I,ve always used transparent wire and invisible receptacles

 

[winnie]

Perhaps go non-electric, eg. a 'glow in the dark' sign.

For greater intensity than the passive glow in the dark, you could spotlight it with a 'black light' and it will glow like crazy.

-Jon

 

[buzzbar]

Hang it on jack chain, and strap MC cable on one of the chains.
No problemo. Go to a Costco, you'll see these all the time.

 

[nakulak]

hang it on a stick of imc.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

hang it on a stick of imc.

You beat me to the punch. Using a length of threaded conduit solves most of the problems, including how to support the fixure.

 

[dcspector]

Hang it on jack chain, and strap MC cable on one of the chains.
No problemo. Go to a Costco, you'll see these all the time.

Would that need to be stranded MC?

 

[Keri_WW]

Perhaps go non-electric, eg. a 'glow in the dark' sign.

I've seen numerous jurisdictions around here that shy away from self-luminous, tritium filled exit signs. Guess they don't like things that are radioactive! :grin:

 

[buzzbar]

I've never used stranded MC cable, so no, it would NOT need to be stranded.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I've never used stranded MC cable, so no, it would NOT need to be stranded.

Put aside the fact that you may have passed inspections prior. Have you read 410.56(E)?

 

[ericgold]

I've never used stranded MC cable, so no, it would NOT need to be stranded.

I didn't realize there was stranded MC.

 

[brantmacga]

sign attached to octagon box ---> attached to uni-strut (kindorf) ---> attached to jack chain ----> attached to ceiling structure.

 

[ike5547]

I forgot to mention the T-bar ceiling.

 

[dcspector]

Put aside the fact that you may have passed inspections prior. Have you read 410.56(E)?

Yeah Pierre that was my point in my post #10 to buzzbar. Thanks

 

[benaround]

Put aside the fact that you may have passed inspections prior. Have you read 410.56(E)?

So threading single conductor #16 fixture wire thru the 'jack chain' would be a compliant

way to wire this exit light per 410.56(E) ?

 

[RUWired]

Can't you work with the window/door installers and run it in the jambs and across to the center.

 

[cowboyjwc]

There are two exits on opposite sides of the space. The front is easily accessible as far as conduit is concerned. The rear is the one surrounded on all sides by windows.

This place is a distribution warehouse for DVDs. Not open to the general public.

Open to the general public does not matter. That is why the sign above doors now says "these doors shall remain unlocked while the building is occupied" and not ".........during business hours". Remember that any door leading to the exterior of the buiding is considered an exit. Now the building code does dictate when an illuminated exit is required so per the occupancy you may only need an exit sign, unless the owner or arch is specing something different.