Need a little help, identifying code violations

[DukeSilver]

This is an emergency test button above Tbar. Thank you for any and all advice.

 

[LarryFine]

Use a metal 1G old-work box.

 

[DukeSilver]

Use a metal 1G old-work box.

Thank you for the advice. I found this after a contractor installed new 2 x 4 fixtures. Feels like there’s a bunch of violations here. Do you happen to know what actual code is?

 

[infinity]

Is that Class 2 wiring?

 

[ptonsparky]

Thumbs up for centering it with the fixture. Looks like a nice clean cut in the tile.

 

[DukeSilver]

I’m not sure, the system starts at 277 V at some point it drops to 24 V (LED)but I’m not sure if the push button is 277 or 24

 

[LarryFine]

. . . I’m not sure if the push button is 277 or 24

It's most likely line voltage if it mimics power loss.

You could unplug it and read the open-circuit voltage.

 

[Tulsa Electrician]

Do you have a part number.
I would like to see what the two red wires are for.

 

[LarryFine]

I would like to see what the two red wires are for.

I believe they feed a bulb or LED.

 

[WattsGood]

Looks like the test button off the emergency ballast. I’ve never installed one outside of the fixture itself, but I would have to say that it’s got line voltage going to it and the red is your battery disconnect. With that said, I believe it would have to be put into a junction box, perhaps with some bushings and chase nipples for the conductors going into the room through the tile.

 

[infinity]

I would like to see what the two red wires are for.

As Larry stated those are for the indicator lamp and it should be installed so that it is visible from below the ceiling.

 

[augie47]

The few times I've used those it was a fluorescent and I always terminated the flex in the fixture above the ballast cover with the indicator light and the button mounted in the ballast cover. The button was line voltage
The lamp is visible thru the diffuser and the button accessiblw by dropping the diffuser if necessary.

 

[tortuga]

Do you happen to know what actual code is?

Take your pick here is a few for starters:
300.15
110.3(B)
300.13(A)
300.3(A)
300.11(A)
possibly 300.22(C)

 

[Tulsa Electrician]

I believe they feed a bulb or LED.

Looking closer at the pic. It's the battery ( red wires) connector leads. Pretty sure there low voltage. At first they looked crimped.