Acticle 410.31 states luminares shall not be used as a raceway unless listed and marked for use as a raceway. So can I install 4 - 8' surface mount flouescent fixtures end to end and at about the halfway point drop a conduit out the side of a fixture to a surface mounted receptacle box on the wall? The outlet would not be on the same circuit as the lights. Are these fixtures ever marked/listed for use as a raceway?
Fixture as a raceway
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bphgravity
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Re: Fixture as a raceway
Not only will the luminaires need to be listed and marked, "SUITABLE FOR USE AS RACEWAY," they will also need to be marked to include the maximum number, size, and type of conductors they are intended to accommodate.
Not only will the luminaires need to be listed and marked, "SUITABLE FOR USE AS RACEWAY," they will also need to be marked to include the maximum number, size, and type of conductors they are intended to accommodate.
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Re: Fixture as a raceway
I have never seen a fixture listed for use as a raceway include size, and type of conductors they are intended to accommodate.
Is that a new rule for 2005?
I have never seen a fixture listed for use as a raceway include size, and type of conductors they are intended to accommodate.
bphgravity
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Re: Fixture as a raceway
Kinda interesting, no note of that in the NEC or on the fixtures.
I am going to have to start looking for that on the next fixtures I get.
Glad you said that, after I posted I went to my 2004 white book and saw what you are referring to.
Kinda interesting, no note of that in the NEC or on the fixtures.
I am going to have to start looking for that on the next fixtures I get.
volt102
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Re: Fixture as a raceway
The receptacle will not be on the same circuit as the lights, so this "needs not to be listed" does not apply.
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