Re: under-cabinet lights
What's been said so far? Let's recap:
Originally posted by jwelectric:
Well, now we are starting to agree on a few things. I do agree that a receptacle is not a lighting outlet.
That's right, a receptacle is not a lighting outlet. But when the argument didn't go his way, curiously he wrote:
Originally posted by jwelectric:
The very instant that I prove my intent to plug a lampholder, a luminaire (lighting fixture), or a pendant cord into half of a duplex that half becomes a lighting outlet. This is the outlet that I intend to draw current for this fixture.
But, that's the exact opposite of what you wrote before. How can you say the exact opposite and still be "holding the code to your heart"?
Another curiousity:
Originally posted by jwelectric:
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.
So now, the
cord is the lighting outlet? What happened to the receptacle?
Originally posted by jwelectric:
As outlined in the definition above a luminary (lighting fixture) that is connected to a source of power that fixture that holds the bulb becomes a lighting outlet no matter which circuit it is connected to.
The lamp socket is the lighting outlet!?!
The great part is when he said:
Originally posted by jwelectric:
The definition is wrong not me.
Boy, that's really logical. If the NEC flopped around this much, the NFPA would be bankrupt.
JW, you seem to be chasing this lighting outlet all over the house! Let me help again:
Originally posted by georgestolz:
This is a lighting outlet with a lampholder permanently connected to it:
[ May 01, 2005, 10:23 AM: Message edited by: georgestolz ]