Can you spot the violation??

[NiMo]

Here's some challenge for you.  Submit photos of various projects that may seem "normal" on the outset, but Code-saavy folks and electricians could find the violation in a heartbeat.  I got this idea from Electrical Construction and Maintenence magazine.

[Jace the Gull]

Great idea buddy!

[rjluna2]

Here is what I have H33 Ballast with Capacitor

[Form109]

Well....i see a Wall Outlet Sitting on the Ground....with Power going into it...and out to the Ballast...
Thats supposed to be in the Wall!


am i right?

[SeanB~1]

Spot this one, taken in a hospital.........................

No photos of the dozens of faulty tubes in the ceiling fixtures, or of the other minor things there - they get a little touchy at times.

[Jace the Gull]

Sean...I wouldn't have the plugs like that.......

[Jace the Gull]

Well....i see a Wall Outlet Sitting on the Ground....with Power going into it...and out to the Ballast...
Thats supposed to be in the Wall!


am i right?

More like a typical 120 volt outlet should not be used for anything other than a source for 120 volt  15 amp 60 hz....not a output as a ballast light source!  Plus it isn't enclosed....meaning more likely to get a shock! Plus being on a wooden board...hmmmmm........

[Form109]

Voltage isnt usually Consistently 120...does it not Fluctuate?

[Jace the Gull]

Oh yeah usually they are 110-130 volts....roughly....but it is MADE for the mains....imagine someone accidentally plugs a computer into the HPS powered outlet?

[rjluna2]

Well....i see a Wall Outlet Sitting on the Ground....with Power going into it...and out to the Ballast...
Thats supposed to be in the Wall!


am i right?

More like a typical 120 volt outlet should not be used for anything other than a source for 120 volt  15 amp 60 hz....not a output as a ballast light source!  Plus it isn't enclosed....meaning more likely to get a shock! Plus being on a wooden board...hmmmmm........

You got the exposed outlet alright, Jace.  It was a temporary replacement that the original female NEMA plug got broken.

The purpose that I made this way that I can always interchange with other fixtures similer with the 100W Halide bulb ballast that I posted at the Lighting Gallery....

As for the wood part, that was makeshift that I wanted to use that ballast with capacitor together wherever that I needed to use from one room to another... 

[Jace the Gull]

You got the exposed outlet alright, Jace.  It was a temporary replacement that the original female NEMA plug got broken.

The purpose that I made this way that I can always interchange with other fixtures similer with the 100W Halide bulb ballast that I posted at the Lighting Gallery....

As for the wood part, that was makeshift that I wanted to use that ballast with capacitor together wherever that I needed to use from one room to another... 

For the wooden board...2 words...."Ballast Box" ;-)