Mike Dolt Enterprises
Mike Dolt Enterprises
User: gtlegget, Location: Plainfield NJ
Asked on: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 9:29 am EDT
Answered on: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 4:08 am EDT
Question: Please settle a code diagreement. One opinion is that lighting fixtuers must always be supported to a structural member. The other contends that in NJ you must go by the sesmic rating of the location where the fixtures are being installed.
According to the New Jersey State Uniform Construction Code (2015), lighting fixtures must be supported to a structural member in all cases, regardless of the seismic rating of the location where they are being installed.
Reference:
NJAC 5:23-3.3(g)10: "Electrical equipment shall be securely supported to a structural member of the building and shall not be supported by electrical conduit or cable." Flag for review