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JoeSpareBedroom

"mm" wrote in message
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On 18 Mar 2007 15:17:46 -0700, wrote:

We removed a heavy glass chandelier with the intention of putting in a
ceiling fan, and found that the box was clearly a plastic one designed
for lightweight lighting fixtures and not anything heavy, and
furthermore, was not secured to anything but instead was just sort of
floating in the celing. In fact, it seemed so flimsy we didn't want to
put the chandelier back up.

I have a related question. We use a semi-public building with 20 or
24 foot ceilings, and my friend just found out that the recessed
lighting fixtures (they use flood lights, I guess) were just sitting
on the drop ceiling tiles, which are about 3 feet by 6 feet. You
know, white stuff, about a half inch thick. They weren't suspended
from the trusses or the roof, only the tiles and electric cable.

My friend is rather bothered by this, and I don't know what code is,
or normal building practice.

But the building was built 40 years ago, and the lights have given no
problems.

I don't know what the code is, but I do know it's not what you described.
The lights may not have caused problems, but I can easily imagine a
situation where they would, and probably all at once.