Wires in electrical box

toolguy504 · Jul 29, 2009

Is it correct that you do not count the wires from the fixture (in this case a light) when calculating the size box needed. Thanks. Earl

ActionDave · Jul 29, 2009

Fixture wires don't count. Devices-switches, recpts- do count.

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toolguy504 · Jul 30, 2009

Thanks ActionDave. That is what I thought. Earl

Thatguy · Jul 30, 2009

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q="box+fill"+wiki&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

hj · Jul 31, 2009

wires

You mean the fixture wires do not take up any space. Anyway, here is the quote. Note the caveat about fixture wires.

You can omit equipment-grounding conductors and up to four 16 AWG and smaller fixture wires from box fill calculations, if they enter the box from a domed luminaire or similar canopy (e.g., a ceiling paddle fan canopy) [314.16(B

Wires in electrical box

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