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<blockquote data-quote="Andy™" data-source="post: 451777" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>it being an LED light that doesnt use much current is irrelevant. id also bet that the manual (you did read it, didnt you?) says something alone the lines of it must be on a circuit of 6a max of similar.</p><p></p><p>if there is a fault, then there is the potential for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of amps to be flowing through a cable. unless the cable is adequately sized and matched to the OCPD there there is a potential for the cable to get hot enough to start a fire</p><p></p><p>unless its a maintenance free junctions box or another suitble joint that requires no access, then the junction box must always be accessible...</p><p></p><p>but what the hell, its your house. just make sure you have some working smoke detectors and the number for your insurance handy....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy™, post: 451777, member: 2012"] it being an LED light that doesnt use much current is irrelevant. id also bet that the manual (you did read it, didnt you?) says something alone the lines of it must be on a circuit of 6a max of similar. if there is a fault, then there is the potential for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of amps to be flowing through a cable. unless the cable is adequately sized and matched to the OCPD there there is a potential for the cable to get hot enough to start a fire unless its a maintenance free junctions box or another suitble joint that requires no access, then the junction box must always be accessible... but what the hell, its your house. just make sure you have some working smoke detectors and the number for your insurance handy.... [/QUOTE]
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