James Stanchfield
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Ina room with a supply and return ceiling can you mount a receptacle above ceiling and run tv power cable thru a grommet in t bar and be in compliance with code.
Jim Stanchfield
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No. Unless both you and your inspector subscribe to Mike Holt's theory that power supply cords are not covered by the prohibition on portable cord assemblies above a dropped ceiling.
In your case, since it is also an environmental air space (or at least your description seems to imply that) you also have to worry about the smoke and fire rating of the cord.
(And it is usually better to give the thread a title which indicates the subject of the question, not your name.
PS: The general consensus is that the most code compliant way to handle this is to mount the receptacle so that its face is below the dropped ceiling or mounted in a some kind of enclosure that opens below the ceiling.
No. Unless both you and your inspector subscribe to Mike Holt's theory that power supply cords are not covered by the prohibition on portable cord assemblies above a dropped ceiling.
In your case, since it is also an environmental air space (or at least your description seems to imply that) you also have to worry about the smoke and fire rating of the cord.
(And it is usually better to give the thread a title which indicates the subject of the question, not your name.
PS: The general consensus is that the most code compliant way to handle this is to mount the receptacle so that its face is below the dropped ceiling or mounted in a some kind of enclosure that opens below the ceiling.
I agree
Roger
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Me too, it is better for the title to indicate the subject of the question...
Oh yeah, that other stuff Goldy wrote was pretty good also.
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