You get a C for crafty

[chris kennedy]

Doing demo today and found this gem.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

C for Creative also.

 

[PetrosA]

Let's go for the third C and add Confounding to the list. How does an inspector not notice an exit sign on the crosspoint of a t-bar ceiling?

 

[1793]

That took quit a bit of work, just about as much as this:

 

[PetrosA]

That took quit a bit of work, just about as much as this:

Just add a ground clamp and you'd have like, THOUSANDS of amps of ground fault capacity

 

[iwire]

Is it a violation?

As an apprentice I remember installing these types boxes for track lighting.

http://www.garvinindustries.com/ele...unction-boxes/4-octagon-for-drop-ceiling-grid

 

[1793]

Is it a violation?

As an apprentice I remember installing these types boxes for track lighting.


http://www.garvinindustries.com/ele...unction-boxes/4-octagon-for-drop-ceiling-grid

Well, there you have it!

 

[sparkyrick]

Is it a violation?

As an apprentice I remember installing these types boxes for track lighting.

http://www.garvinindustries.com/ele...unction-boxes/4-octagon-for-drop-ceiling-grid

Yours is Listed, the creative one on top isn't

 

[iwire]

Yours is Listed, the creative one on top isn't

I do not know that they are listed. I do not believe the NEC requires all boxes to be listed.

However, in Chris's picture I bet it is a listed box and certainly I can see an AHJ having an issue with this modification.

 

[Ponchik]

Let's go for the third C and add Confounding to the list. How does an inspector not notice an exit sign on the crosspoint of a t-bar ceiling?

It was never inspected or the inspector did not do his/her job properly.

 

[al hildenbrand]

Doing demo today and found this gem.

I'll add a fourth "C" for Cautious. . . noting that there appear to be no less than three 1/4 x 24 machine bolts attaching the fixture bar to the T bar. I mean, after you cut up a J-box that much, I wouldn't trust it to hold a heavy exit sign either.

Just sayin'.

 

[Cow]

I mean, after you cut up a J-box that much

I hadn't even noticed it was a cut up 4 square until you pointed it out, I took a quick glance at it and thought it was two single gang metal cut in boxes!

 

[mgookin]

.... How does an inspector not notice an exit sign on the crosspoint of a t-bar ceiling?

My guess is fire marshal came through on annual inspection and tested an exit light which did not work; said to fix it.

Fire marshal comes back for reinspection and there's a working exit light; signs off. Handyman did the job.

Electric inspector never saw it.