gserve
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If you have a recessed can light that has IC protection is it assumed that you can put insulation right up to it? I do not have the installation instructios or know what brand it is. Thanks
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ryan_618
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Re: can lights
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a.wayne3@verizon.net
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Re: can lights
The manufacturers have them UL listed as IC rated but here in Florida the thermal limits still trip out during the summer.I have had several service calls that required unburrying the can from 20 ins. of insulation.
The manufacturers have them UL listed as IC rated but here in Florida the thermal limits still trip out during the summer.I have had several service calls that required unburrying the can from 20 ins. of insulation.
hbiss
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Re: can lights
That's because the ambient attic temperature is 120 degrees and the can heats up from there.
-Hal
[ March 11, 2004, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: hbiss ]
That's because the ambient attic temperature is 120 degrees and the can heats up from there.
-Hal
[ March 11, 2004, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: hbiss ]
Re: can lights
Doesn't "IC protection" mean there is a thermal breaker that will trip if the can light gets too hot? I don't think this type of light is supposed to have insulation aginst it. I thought it was more of an "idiot" proof light that would simply shut itself off if installed incorrectly.
Is it possible you all are thinking of a light rated "IC" for insulation contact? (I find it hard to believe all three of you could be wrong, so I am really wondering what I am missing here?)
Steve
Doesn't "IC protection" mean there is a thermal breaker that will trip if the can light gets too hot? I don't think this type of light is supposed to have insulation aginst it. I thought it was more of an "idiot" proof light that would simply shut itself off if installed incorrectly.
Is it possible you all are thinking of a light rated "IC" for insulation contact? (I find it hard to believe all three of you could be wrong, so I am really wondering what I am missing here?)
Steve
ryan_618
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Re: can lights
I beleive IC is insulation contact
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Ryan:
IC does stand for insulation contact. Fixtures are either rated IC or non-IC.
The IC ones usually (if not always) have a large metal box around them to create a space between the lamp/ballast and any insulation. They can be burried in insulation.
The non-IC ones are usually "thermally protected against imporper contact with insulation" (quote from a catalog).
Gserve said his light has "IC protection", and that sounds like a non-IC fixture.
Steve
Ryan:
IC does stand for insulation contact. Fixtures are either rated IC or non-IC.
The IC ones usually (if not always) have a large metal box around them to create a space between the lamp/ballast and any insulation. They can be burried in insulation.
The non-IC ones are usually "thermally protected against imporper contact with insulation" (quote from a catalog).
Gserve said his light has "IC protection", and that sounds like a non-IC fixture.
Steve
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