<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Steve - I just mention for safety/awareness. I am not an electrician or building contractor.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">You could probably get away with junctions in the pull box for small wires like the light in this case, but if there was ever a problem and an insurance inspector determined it was caused by a code violation, they could deny the claim.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">A home inspector could also question it as part of a home inspection for the house buyer when you sell. I had a buyer of my house in 2009 try and negotiate a better price for "code violations" their inspector found. I forwarded them a response from the city building department with code references showing their inspector was in error and I was in compliance with code. The sale happened, but it was hassle and a nervous buyer could use valid non-code compliance to walk away from a sale.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">All my experience is in suburban CA, so it my be different in the nice places where others on the list live.</p>
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<p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net><br>Sent: Jun 5, 2024 8:24 PM<br>To: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>, <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] flood light extension (Steven Trovato)</p>
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Brian, <br><br>This is just a light on my home/shop. While I try to do things the right way, no one will be inspecting this. Does code even apply to this? This is essentially a light fixture, not part of structure wiring. I have seen homemade light fixtures like creative artistic chandeliers. I have also seen outdoor lights made of things like old lanterns or the globes from old gas pumps. I'm not trying to challenge you here, I really don't know where the line is drawn. <br><br>-Steve T<br><br>At 08:21 PM 6/5/2024, Brian Kemp wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="cite" cite="">Content-Type: multipart/alternative;<br> boundary="------------V8f0o51C9vHv2V58ybq4bDtm"<br>Content-Language: en-US<br><br>Check local codes. My city does not allow junctions in pull boxes like these. I had several to change angles or in the middle of long pulls and had to open the cover for the building inspector.<br><br>Brian<br><br>On 6/5/2024 12:49 AM, Mark Miller wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="cite" cite=""><br>If the wires aren't long enough you can extend it with a piece of threaded conduit and pipe plus a type C conduit body you can make the connection in: <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sigma-Electric-ProConnex-1-2-in-Rigid-Conduit-Body/3389356"> https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sigma-Electric-ProConnex-1-2-in-Rigid-Conduit-Body/3389356</a> <br><br><br><br>
<pre>Regards,
Mark Miller 707-490-5834
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<pre>Outside my shop I have a typical flood light with two of these:
<a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sigma-Electric-2-25-in-LED-Gray-Switch-Controlled-Floodlight/3136837">
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sigma-Electric-2-25-in-LED-Gray-Switch-Controlled-Floodlight/3136837</a>
Is there any way to extend the part with the threaded end? Through
some bad planning, one of the lights is blocked by the gutter
downspout. I would like to extend it out from there. If the
wires
need to be longer I can figure out how to do that. Whatever I do
will have to be suitable for outdoor use. Moving the downspout
would
be difficult. I can also relocate the whole light, but some sort of
extension arm would be the quickest and easiest solution of it is
possible. Thanks.
-Steve T.
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