goldstar
Senior Member
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
An EC friend of mine recently asked me if he installed a 20 amp lighting circuit above a suspended ceiling in a commercial office would he be permitted to install 14 ga. whips from each junction point to the flourescent luminaires below. My answer was that he would have to continue to install 12 ga. wire to be Code compliant. After thinking about it the current draw on each luminaire is probably far less that an amp and the manufacturers of the lamps often use 16 or 18 ga. wire for their ballasts. In addition the wiring method is not a cascading type (in and out of a luminaire). Is there any reason 14 ga. whips wouldn't be allowed ? Thanks in advance.