ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues Home Automation System

Dear Devil's Advocate,


Some of the systems accociated with home automation coud be considered appliances, and intended as control of a luminaire only. If the outlet is not available for any other use than lighting, doesn't that make it a lighting outlet?

Receptacle outlets are defined diffeently than lighting outlets.

Okay. Define those receptacle outlets, and show where it states that they must accept a particular receptacle configuration.

Okay Larry- Put the inspector hat on - go to court, explain to the judge why Mrs. Homeowner don't have a place to plug in her TV or her Vacuum Cleaner unless she changes the cap on the cord. Get real Larry, your just messin with us.

It's not the configuration.... It's the fact that it is powered by a dimmer... A switched outlet is one thing, a dimmed outlet is another. By proxy it becomes part of the lighting system. Plug a vaccum or a computer into it and it may not be so nice. As it is not usable as a 15-20A outlet, IMO it does not count as one, it is a lighting outlet.... As the cord cap for them is described here. http://www.lutron.com/applicationnotes/048085b.pdf
"The DFDU and HFDU receptacles with the RP-FDU plug are UL listed for use with
specific Lutron dimmers for the control of portable lamps."

However a 1/2 dimmed would....