Multiple circuits in a linear lighting fixture

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@suemarkp.

This is for a commercial installation, flagged by a local inspector. As I posted earlier, this is occupant exit lighting (backup, I now understand, and as you say) during a power failure. Again, it is common in the lighting world to label these sorts of fixtures as "emergency" lighting. I have learned here that this term is fraught with peril.

This thread is a pretty good primer. I appreciate the time all have spent on this for me.

Yes the terminology on this type of installation is critical which is why it would help to know the actual code section that is being cited as a violation.

 

[tom baker]

@suemarkp.

This is for a commercial installation, flagged by a local inspector. As I posted earlier, this is occupant exit lighting (backup, I now understand, and as you say) during a power failure. Again, it is common in the lighting world to label these sorts of fixtures as "emergency" lighting. I have learned here that this term is fraught with peril.

This thread is a pretty good primer. I appreciate the time all have spent on this for me.

You are welcome, as we all learn

 

[Strathead]

If this is a light fixture you chose to have on backup power, don't call it an emergency system. If OSHA or someone requires this to be an "emergency system", there are rules to be followed in NEC 700.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but over the years I have come to the conclusion that, if the IBC and/or NFPA 101 required lighting is fed from a generator (or such) and doesn’t have batteries, then it must be installed as and designated as a 700 emergency system. And technically a battery powered emergency/exit light with a remote light head is a small article 700 system.