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Re: Wiring a Flashlight, 2013 version

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Originally Posted by R52
Each power regulating device may control electrical loads per Table 4-4. Unless otherwise noted, each power regulating device may control one and only one electrical load.
Emphasis mine.

To me, this seems to mean that if an electrical load is not enumerated in table 4-4, then it can be controlled using a power-regulating device, but only one of them per power regulating device (so multiple low-current lights could be powered by a single spike; only one high-current light could be controlled per spike. not sure what determines low-current vs high-current - probably whether the total current draw is under the max current rating of the spike).

R53 R54 says that custom circuits can't affect the power pathway of other custom circuits, but if you were to make a custom flashlight-like device that included a relay to switch it on and off, that seems like it would be legal to me.



Overall, seems like a question for the Q&A.
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Last edited by RyanCahoon : 23-02-2013 at 01:26. Reason: Wrong rule referenced