We are renovating the lighting in the living room portion of a great room (20 feet wide) with vaulted ceilings and overhead beams, and don’t want to hand pendulums or track lighting. There need to be reading lamps toward the center of the width, and long-arm fixtures on the walls don’t work here. Are there alternatives, like floor receptacles? Our general told us he didn’t think they was code-compatible, but we wondered what others have done for plug-ins toward the center of a wide space.
Edited 2/8/2009 4:31 pm ET by TruBlu
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Your question is a little vague. What do you mean by "outlets"? Receptacles that you can plug into?
That said, I can think of some alternatives:
If you want lights, like wall lights, that have a cord that you plug into an receptacle, go for it.
--Or you can go with the low voltage halogen lights that hang from two thin wires. Those wires actually contain the operating power.
--Or you can put an electrical box on the ceiling, and directly mount fixtures much like those seen in track lighting.
Floor outlets are indeed code compatible, they just have to be special floor receptacles, mine are made of Bronze.Get'em at an electrical supply house.
Stef
The code book is a little fuzzy about where they're permitted.
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