Track Lighting
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arunninreb
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Re: Track Lighting
I assume by "hallway" you mean the public corridor that the residents will use to enter their dwelling units. I don't believe that the AHJ would consider this corridor to be part of the multi-family dwelling, since the corridor presumably is (or will be) powered by a "house"/landlord panel. Also note that if it's not part of the dwelling unit, it's not subject to the lighting load demand factor table in NEC 220.11.
I assume by "hallway" you mean the public corridor that the residents will use to enter their dwelling units. I don't believe that the AHJ would consider this corridor to be part of the multi-family dwelling, since the corridor presumably is (or will be) powered by a "house"/landlord panel. Also note that if it's not part of the dwelling unit, it's not subject to the lighting load demand factor table in NEC 220.11.
Re: Track Lighting
This is what I was afraid of. I have an interior designer that wants to add track lighting along the corridors of a five story building of condos. The total track would be about 2080 feet. This means I would need to add 156kVA to my service feeder calculation. That's over 400A just for track lighting. This lighting would be fed from a house panel. I was hoping, the track would still be considered in a dwelling.
This is what I was afraid of. I have an interior designer that wants to add track lighting along the corridors of a five story building of condos. The total track would be about 2080 feet. This means I would need to add 156kVA to my service feeder calculation. That's over 400A just for track lighting. This lighting would be fed from a house panel. I was hoping, the track would still be considered in a dwelling.
arunninreb
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Re: Track Lighting
Track lighting is a crutch for interior designers who don't understand lighting. Oops, probably shouldn't tell him that. How about telling him (or her) that vandalism is a concern with track lighting since the heads are so easily damaged or removed? Or talk him into compact fluorescent downlights with emergency ballasts to eliminate the ugly bug-eyes?
Track lighting is a crutch for interior designers who don't understand lighting. Oops, probably shouldn't tell him that. How about telling him (or her) that vandalism is a concern with track lighting since the heads are so easily damaged or removed? Or talk him into compact fluorescent downlights with emergency ballasts to eliminate the ugly bug-eyes?
Re: Track Lighting
I was going to disagree because I believe the corridors are part of the "multi-family dwelling".
But reading 220.12B, it doesn't even matter. Only dwelling units (and guest rooms) are exempt. See the definitions of "dwelling unit", and "dwelling - multifamily" in article 100.
Steve
I was going to disagree because I believe the corridors are part of the "multi-family dwelling".
But reading 220.12B, it doesn't even matter. Only dwelling units (and guest rooms) are exempt. See the definitions of "dwelling unit", and "dwelling - multifamily" in article 100.
Steve
john m. caloggero
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Re: Track Lighting
The corridors of a multifamily dwelling is not considered part of the dwelling unit, therefore the track lighting should be counted at 150 va per ft.
The corridors of a multifamily dwelling is not considered part of the dwelling unit, therefore the track lighting should be counted at 150 va per ft.
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