DSamson
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- San Francisco, CA
Inspector just failed me because a strip fluorescent is over a junction box. Is he right?
I have 4 foot strip fluorescent fixtures on a residential garage ceiling. The fixtures are fed by NM that lands in a metal box, some 3-0s and some 4" squares with rings. The mud ring is flush with the finished surface and the fixture is surface mounted. The NM conductors, w/o sheath, come through a bushed 1/2" opening in the back of the fixture, and connect to the fixture leads.
The inspector says I need a 3" hole in the sheet metal so the box is accessible without removing the fixture. If that were the case, every ceiling mounted fixture in the house would have to have a 3" hole in the back of it.
He didn't cite a code section, just wouldn't sign the job card. The only thing I can think of that's applicable is 314.29. But I don't think a light fixture is a "part of the building."
This is a residence with over 150 openings, and this is the only thing he didn't like.
I have 4 foot strip fluorescent fixtures on a residential garage ceiling. The fixtures are fed by NM that lands in a metal box, some 3-0s and some 4" squares with rings. The mud ring is flush with the finished surface and the fixture is surface mounted. The NM conductors, w/o sheath, come through a bushed 1/2" opening in the back of the fixture, and connect to the fixture leads.
The inspector says I need a 3" hole in the sheet metal so the box is accessible without removing the fixture. If that were the case, every ceiling mounted fixture in the house would have to have a 3" hole in the back of it.
He didn't cite a code section, just wouldn't sign the job card. The only thing I can think of that's applicable is 314.29. But I don't think a light fixture is a "part of the building."
This is a residence with over 150 openings, and this is the only thing he didn't like.