[TheForge] lighting

Fri May 2 11:57:00 2003

Roger:  I'm interested in making sconces as well, but the information on UL
approval for craftsmen is not readily available.  I'm sure it is out there
in the mind of some experienced fixture maker.

What I have been told is that an electrician has the option of refusing to
install, and the electrical inspector has the option of not passing the work
as not within code.

My understanding is that the two areas where there are most often problems
are in the wire splices and in the lack of chafe-guards where the wires
emerge from holes in the metal fixtures. These are easy fixes as they make
pop-in rubber chafe-guards and standard wire butt connectors.  If these two
areas are addressed, you will likely pass UL inspection,, so I have been
told.

In Ontario,Canada, smiths who make sconces take them to "Ontario Hydro"
inspectors who issue stickers which are attached to the piece.  One smith I
know of is very careful about doing the proper inspections for liability
reasons.

Let me know what you find out about this issue.

                                    Grant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Olsen" <[email protected]>
To: "Art Metal" <[email protected]>; "The Forge"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 8:20 AM
Subject: [TheForge] lighting

> Hello all,
>
> For those of you who sometimes build lighting________I assume there are
> those of you who have UL approved shops, those of you who take your
> fixtures to a UL approved shop for certification, and those of you who
> ignore the whole UL thing all together.
>
> I am not a UL shop, I will be building a series of sconces this summer
> for a house under new construction.  If they are not UL approved can I
> expect the electrician to refuse to install them?  For those of you who
> have a UL shop or have taken a light fixture to a UL shop how much do
> you charge / did you pay?
>
> I will be building 16 or so sconces that will all be the same, can I
> just get the 'model' or 'style' approved.
>
> Any thoughts and or guidance about the UL process would be appreciated.
> For those of you who have been thru the process how did it work.
>
> And one last thing______any recommendations on a business to order light
> parts from?
>
> Thank you all,
>
> Roger Olsen
>
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