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Does electric box have to be right next to fixture?
Does electric box have to be right next to fixture?
The first electrician (provided by the HOA) who installed a floodlight on my wall didn't use any electric box, afaicr. He just screwed the fixture to the T1-11 and ran the wire through a hole in the T1, behind the fixture. Even though T1-11 is not very flammable???, or is it?, I presume that is a violation of code????? Ten years later when the fixture burned out, I suspect it was a different electrician (although maybe from the same company) replaced it and installed a box on the the ouside wall and then the fixture on the box. I need to both replace and move the fixture, and it may be much easier to do it myself than have the HOA electician do it. (I could put the box on the outside like it is now, but) it would be a lot easier if I could put it on the inside, either with a hole just big enough for the Romex, or a hole almost as big as the box, between the fixture and the box. Are either or both of these Okay? Thanks a lot. |
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