Mr. Tuttle
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When is it required/suggested to use a safety chain as a supplementary means ? Over 50lbs ? Always? Particularly, High Bay type fixtures
When is it required/suggested to use a safety chain as a supplementary means ? Over 50lbs ? Always? Particularly, High Bay type fixtures
We always use safety chains on high bay lights in school gymnasiums
"I'm really sorry Mrs. Hurb that your boy was hurt by the falling 42lb fixture, but we were not required by the listing or the NEC to spend the extra $4 for a safety chain."
Whenever I did work in a school I had two rules:
1) Is this the way I'd do it for my own home?
2) How would it sound trying to explain away the accident on the witness stand?
The NEC is a MINIMUM standard, just on the edge of legal and minimally safe.
This also why I always include a grounding conductor in all raceways.