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Originally posted by j.orlett:
My boss wants me to run 1/2 flex between the canopy and the j-box. ....... Do not if inspector will pass it though.
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The inspector should fail this installation.

There are few places in the NEC that allow cord in a raceway and you already know cord can not pass through a ceiling.
 
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So when did we start letting the GC tell us how to install violations??

I always thought the GC hired a licensed electrical contractor so the installation would be performed correctly.
 
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Read more carefully. All I stated was that the G.C. would not like the appearnce of the connector through the canopy.
 
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Looking at the cutsheet, it almost looks like the box was drawn wrong, and should actually be mounted horizontally, flush with the ceiling in the usual fashion, and the all-thread passed through the box's center KO, or cut to end within the box.

I say this because it looks like the wires exit (or enter, if you prefer) the cable just above the canopy. Can you mount the box as usual, via a T-bar bracket, and/or hang the all-thread from a fixture bar with nuts and fender washers?

Of course, there's nothing like looking at, and holding, the equipment in person.
 
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I installed the same lights a couple of years ago.The design is poor.Yes,the way you see the picture is how you are supposed to mount them.Fortunately(or not),I had to mount them on a concrete ceiling.I don't remember the specifics,but where the aircraft cable comes thru the canopy I remember mounting 1/4 inch rod couplings thru the box(don't remember why).I discarded the mounting bracket.Sorry I can't be of more help on the install or dilemma in this case,I just don't recall that much about them other than they are time consuming.
 
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Inspecor passed the installation after I installed the 1/2 flex between the box and canopy. I will never install them again. Thanks
 
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Not everything that is UL compliant is NEC compliant - one of my buddies encountered the same situation with another light fixure that was wired at the factory with cord. The inspector insisted that the cord go into a conduit above the dropped ceiling or that there be a junction box right at the ceiling grid.

This is just one of those things where the NEC people and the UL people are just not coordinated.
 
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