According to mm :
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:10:55 -0000, (Chris
Lewis) wrote:
While the installation instructions for sensor lights doesn't
explicitly allow/disallow that kind of connection, and hence
_might_ be considered violating the manufacturer's usage instructions,
I highly doubt that you'd ever get dinged for it. After all,
dual flood fixtures without sensor can be wired up this way,
and if it's a more-or-less standard pattern (metal plate, screws
to a J box, etc), they'd be hard pressed to justify it not
being code compliant.
Very good point. I know nothing about the code or its enforcement, but
each individual piece would still be wired according to code. They
would be assembled the same and there would be almost no difference
in the wiring.
Right. The hazard is more in the area of how the wires going
into the box are "derived". Eg, for some reason the hots being
on a different circuit and sharing neutrals in cases where they
shouldn't be.
If the OP had his existing light set up with the power feed
going to the switch and not the fixture, then switching
the box over to a dual switch and replacing the cable going from
the switch to the fixture to be /3 with ground, and not screw
up things like color codes, the likelyhood of him being called
on it by a particularly grumpy and overly-anal inspector is
extremely low.
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Chris Lewis,
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