jwelectric
Senior Member
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Re: under-cabinet lights
No sir Bob, it is my argument that it is a violation for some one to obtain a license to install electrical equipment and whether or nor it is to be inspected make an illegal installation.
This forum is a place professionals meet to discuss the installation of electrical systems that are code compliant is it not.
The statement as to whether a home owner can or cannot do something has no bearing on whether an installation is code compliant or not, wouldn?t you agree?
If in my debate as to whether a lighting outlet is allowed on a small appliance circuit is incorrect please show me where. The rules for small appliance circuits are clearly outlined in 210.52 (B) and (C). I can find no exception that allows this light to be connected to the small appliance circuit.
There are several instructors who use this site for their students as I do. I hope that the other instructors hold the truth about the code as close to their hearts as I do.
The cord that plugs into the receptacle is an extension of the small appliance circuit that supplies current to the lighting outlet that is the fixture itself.
Now comes the statement what about the home owner plugging a lamp in the small appliance receptacle, well they just violated 210.52 (B) (2) but we don?t address the home owner we only address the electrical contractor.
For the commercial contractors answer this. Is the four square box mounted to the bar joist the lighting outlet or is it the 2x4 that is laid in the grid? The problem as my class and me see this debate is that some think that the lighting outlet stops at the box. The definition says different.
No sir Bob, it is my argument that it is a violation for some one to obtain a license to install electrical equipment and whether or nor it is to be inspected make an illegal installation.
This forum is a place professionals meet to discuss the installation of electrical systems that are code compliant is it not.
The statement as to whether a home owner can or cannot do something has no bearing on whether an installation is code compliant or not, wouldn?t you agree?
If in my debate as to whether a lighting outlet is allowed on a small appliance circuit is incorrect please show me where. The rules for small appliance circuits are clearly outlined in 210.52 (B) and (C). I can find no exception that allows this light to be connected to the small appliance circuit.
There are several instructors who use this site for their students as I do. I hope that the other instructors hold the truth about the code as close to their hearts as I do.
The cord that plugs into the receptacle is an extension of the small appliance circuit that supplies current to the lighting outlet that is the fixture itself.
Now comes the statement what about the home owner plugging a lamp in the small appliance receptacle, well they just violated 210.52 (B) (2) but we don?t address the home owner we only address the electrical contractor.
For the commercial contractors answer this. Is the four square box mounted to the bar joist the lighting outlet or is it the 2x4 that is laid in the grid? The problem as my class and me see this debate is that some think that the lighting outlet stops at the box. The definition says different.