"BETA-32" writes:

I just had a handyman-type person wire and install some very basic lights in
the basement of my home. The lights fixtures are just the very basic round
white plastic ones where a light bulb screws in. What he did was screw the
white plastic fixtures directly onto the ceiling joists with no junction
boxes or mounting boxes.

Oy.

The wires run along the joists and under the white
plastic fixture to the contacts.

Double oy, at least in Illinois where everything has to go in
conduit or have a metal jacket.

I assume that's wrong and doesn't meet electrical codes. Am I right about
that?

Code depends on the state, IIRC, but this sounds like it'd be a
cluster fsck in all 50 states.

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Todd H.
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