Flexible Cord lengths/support

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Tolman

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Albuquerque NM
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Master Electrician/Electrical Inspector
I have run into an instance where the contractor has run about 20-30 ft of flexible cord to a permanently mounted LED luminaire. They used TY-Wraps to support the flexible cord and the cord enters a 4x4 J-Box via a listed connector and terminates to the branch CKT hardwired. I believe this is a code violation as 410.62(C)(1) states
shall be permitted to be cord connected provided the luminaire is located directly below the outlet or busway. Would this apply to a hardwire situation? Is hardwiring the cord allowed? Also i am unable to find strapping requirements if in fact running 20FT if flexible cord is allowed.
 
Understood. Being that the NEC allows fixtures to be wired with flexible cord, is there a distance limitation if they are not using a manufacturer supplied cable?
 
410.62 details the requirements for cord connected LEDs.
Other than some exceptions, they are to be cord & plug with the fixture located below the receptacle.
 
That is more or less the conclusion i have come too as well. I cant find any reference that states a flexible cord feeding a permanent luminaire can be hardwired to a branch CKT.
 
Also no reference on how far above the light the outlet can be or strapping requirements for the flexible cord.
 
I believe the only time a cord can be hardwired is a FACTORY cord & canopy (covered in 410.62) as shown below............and I know of no length .restriction





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augie47 said:
I believe the only time a cord can be hardwired is a FACTORY cord & canopy (covered in 410.62) as shown below............and I know of no length .restriction





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Side note: We questioned this type of installation at a halve a billion dollar research center where they used the cord that came with hanging luminares that every 4 or 5th one was on the 277 volt emergency power from the three 2,000 KW gen sets.Cord was thin so guessing no larger then 16/3 feed by 20 amp breakers.
 
You might find this earlier thread of interest:

Highbay Light Connection

How would you connect a highbay LED light that only has a cord, no cord cap? If you put a junction box and insert the cord, would that be a mis-use of cord? Meaning the cord being a part of the permanent wiring. Here's a link to the light...
forums.mikeholt.com
 
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