The light fixture will be mounted directly to the vertical metal guardrail tube' date=' just to clarify. It will be very obvious there is wiring inside as the fixture will be seen from both sides of the guardrail. For such a short run, maybe we can use a sheathed or armored cable. Will need a creative electrician and AHJ.[/quote']Robert:
I would just do it, at this point the square tube could be considered part of the fixture, yes not a UL approved fixture. In the past I can remember inspectors checking fixtures for UL labels but I don't see them checking fixtures anymore, probably because there are so many imported fixtures, I can remember back when they were checking an inspector looked up at a $90,000 antique Austrian crystal chandelier and asked: "What am I supposed to do about that?", I just smiled and said: "Nothing, you touch it, you own it.", and we continued to walk the house.
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As I'm writing this the ICC is considering 2901 pages of proposed code changes for the 2018 code cycle. How can the code be so broken!!!?