Non NRTL Listed Lighting Fixtures

Joethemechanic

Joethemechanic

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So I'm remodeling one of the upstairs offices in my building (Highfalutin office with carpet and wooden desks). My secretary talks me into these light fixtures she saw on Amazon or somewhere and I'm like "yeah just order them"

So I get them today and the first clue was the brown and blue wire cord. I examine them and find nothing but a counterfeit CE logo on the lamp holder. Well they are really nice lights and I figure I can just change out to a listed lamp holder. Yeah well good luck finding one that is listed. What is in there looks like this.

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Am I making mountains out of molehills? Do any of you guys know of a UL or NTL listed E26 lamp holder like that?
 
don_resqcapt19 said:
The complete luminaire must be listed
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Can you imagine the millions that must be coming into the country in the grey market and getting installed because nobody checks close. If it hadn't been for the European cord with the brown and blue conductors I might have installed them without looking close
 
tortuga said:
I recall blue is allowed as a grounded conductor in the NEC in some or all flexible cords.
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Yeah I wasn't sure about the colors, so I looked close for a NRTL mark. What ticked me off was the fake CE mark. I know that the CE isn't recognized here, but to put a fake CE on it and send it into the US market. WTH

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That looks exactly like the Ikea one. Along with the cordset, they have a whole assort of different shades to go with it. I doubt they're specifically listed with every possible combination.

What if you substitute the cordset/holder with an IKEA one which is listed? The manual for it says UL listed.
www.ikea.com

STRÅLA cord set, white, 157" - IKEA US

STRÅLA cord set, white, 157" You can use this cord set with a decorative light bulb or combine with a lampshade. Regardless – you get your own personal lamp with a fabric cord and a modern look. Combine with a lampshade and fix the cord set in the ceiling, for example over a table or in a window.
www.ikea.com www.ikea.com
 
Flicker Index said:
That looks exactly like the Ikea one. Along with the cordset, they have a whole assort of different shades to go with it. I doubt they're specifically listed with every possible combination.

What if you substitute the cordset/holder with an IKEA one which is listed? The manual for it says UL listed.
www.ikea.com

STRÅLA cord set, white, 157" - IKEA US

STRÅLA cord set, white, 157" You can use this cord set with a decorative light bulb or combine with a lampshade. Regardless – you get your own personal lamp with a fabric cord and a modern look. Combine with a lampshade and fix the cord set in the ceiling, for example over a table or in a window.
www.ikea.com www.ikea.com
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That was my thought after seeing they had European colored conductors and an E27 lamp holder with nothing but a fake CE cert. I figured on using wire mold across the ceiling and some SO cord as a pendant with a UL listed bulb holder.
I know I have some 1940's pendant barn lights that would look nice that really only need new cords, but they are in the nose of one of my storage trailers with all kinds of stuff between them and the doors. Cheaper to buy something than spend hours unloading crap from a trailer
 
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