alt.energy.homepower

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:15:23 -0400, clare at wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:48:01 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
>>One very serious cautionary note: be careful
>>of the load you plug into them. Many lighting
>>fixtures have cable that's only rated for
>>a modest current, often using "zip cord",
>>such as #18 flexible strand, which carries
>>much less than #12 common interior wiring.
>>
>>(It's usually not an issue since the lamp
>>is maxed out at a couple of hundred watts).
>
>
> ALL 110 volt AC lighting circuits hard wired into a building in North
> America MUST be wired for 15 amp capacity (as that is the lowest
> available domestic plug fuse or breaker available) so the outdoor
> fixture WILL be wired with 14 guage wire. Zip cord does NOT meet code

Yes, but the fixture itself will have much smaller wires inside it that
connect the socket to the premise wiring. Typically for a one bulb
fixture this is #18 but sometimes even smaller.

sdb

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