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Two adjacent ceiling lights. Need two ceiling boxes? fourrings 11-12-2007
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Posted by fourrings on November 12, 2007, 10:27 am
I've installed a pendant light fixture onto the preexisting plastic
ceiling box. Now I need to install another similar fixture several
feet (1'-4') away from the first. According to code, do I need a
second ceiling box or can I make an opening in the drywall and fish
Romex in the ceiling to the adjacent box for coupling?

If the latter is per code, that means I'm allowed to make a connection
using wire nuts without the connection being contained inside a
ceiling/junction box?

TIA


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Posted by N8N on November 12, 2007, 10:34 am
> I've installed a pendant light fixture onto the preexisting plastic
> ceiling box. Now I need to install another similar fixture several
> feet (1'-4') away from the first. According to code, do I need a
> second ceiling box or can I make an opening in the drywall and fish
> Romex in the ceiling to the adjacent box for coupling?
>
> If the latter is per code, that means I'm allowed to make a connection
> using wire nuts without the connection being contained inside a
> ceiling/junction box?
>
> TIA

By code, you cannot make any wiring connections outside a box, so yes,
you need a second box.

nate


Posted by fourrings on November 12, 2007, 10:47 am
Based on your statement, could I instead use the fixture's wiring for
routing to the adjacent box and make the connections there? My only
concern is that this wiring is not Romex.


Posted by Doug Miller on November 12, 2007, 11:24 am
>Based on your statement, could I instead use the fixture's wiring for
>routing to the adjacent box and make the connections there? My only
>concern is that this wiring is not Romex.

NO. Fixture wiring is allowed only inside the fixture canopy and the junction
box the canopy is attached to. YOU NEED A SECOND BOX. Period.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by fourrings on November 12, 2007, 2:00 pm
Second box it is. Thank you both!


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