I am in North Carolina and just completed my 1 year walk through with my builder for items to repair. I have outside spot lights (plastic fixture that holds 2 flood lamps) on two corners of my house. I took one down to put up a motion sensor and discovered that there was no box behind the fixture. The electrical wire was pulled through the vinyl soffet and the light was held in place by a sheet metal screw in the metal edging that holds up the soffet. My builder has told me that this light fixture does not require a junction box because it is considered a "pancake box." My concern is that the wire connections are up against the vinyl soffet and metal edging and I thought that all connections were supposed to be contained. If this is a violation and my builder is lying, who do I contact to correct the problem. Thanks!
