cliffy
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- san jose, ca. usa
Does code allow you to wire in and out of a flourescent 2x4 fixture?
Fixture wiring
- Thread starter cliffy
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
The code allows it. If you are talking feed thru then the fixture must be listed for the purpose. If you are just using a double connector and going in and out then you should be fine.
jumper
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- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
Just adding to Dennis' post:
410.64 Luminaires as Raceways. Luminaires shall not be
used as a raceway for circuit conductors unless listed and
marked for use as a raceway.
410.65 Wiring Supplying Luminaires Connected Together.
Luminaires designed for end-to-end connection to
form a continuous assembly, or luminaires connected together
by recognized wiring methods, shall be permitted to
contain the conductors of a 2-wire branch circuit, or one
multiwire branch circuit, supplying the connected luminaires
and need not be listed as a raceway. One additional
2-wire branch circuit separately supplying one or more of
the connected luminaires shall also be permitted
410.64 Luminaires as Raceways. Luminaires shall not be
used as a raceway for circuit conductors unless listed and
marked for use as a raceway.
410.65 Wiring Supplying Luminaires Connected Together.
Luminaires designed for end-to-end connection to
form a continuous assembly, or luminaires connected together
by recognized wiring methods, shall be permitted to
contain the conductors of a 2-wire branch circuit, or one
multiwire branch circuit, supplying the connected luminaires
and need not be listed as a raceway. One additional
2-wire branch circuit separately supplying one or more of
the connected luminaires shall also be permitted
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
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