mwm1752
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- Aspen, Colo
210.70 Lighting Outlets Required
(1) Habitable Rooms. At least one wall switch–controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room and bathroom.
Exception No. 2: Lighting outlets shall be permitted to be controlled by occupancy sensors that are (1) in addition to wall switches or (2) located at a customary wall switch location and equipped with a manual override that will allow the sensor to function as a wall switch.
Just wondering -- the requirement is for a "wall switch–controlled lighting outlet" which does not designate a location for the switch but only for the lighting outlet -- The Exception No.2: uses language " located at a customary wall switch location " for a descriptive location if the occupancy sensor is the only control for the lighting outlet.
There is no requirement to install a switch inside the specified rooms in fact they could be anywhere in the building and it does make sense to install motion detectors inside the room -- but it seems to me describing a location as customary for a motion dectecting switch has association to the wall mount switch requirement.
(1) Habitable Rooms. At least one wall switch–controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room and bathroom.
Exception No. 2: Lighting outlets shall be permitted to be controlled by occupancy sensors that are (1) in addition to wall switches or (2) located at a customary wall switch location and equipped with a manual override that will allow the sensor to function as a wall switch.
Just wondering -- the requirement is for a "wall switch–controlled lighting outlet" which does not designate a location for the switch but only for the lighting outlet -- The Exception No.2: uses language " located at a customary wall switch location " for a descriptive location if the occupancy sensor is the only control for the lighting outlet.
There is no requirement to install a switch inside the specified rooms in fact they could be anywhere in the building and it does make sense to install motion detectors inside the room -- but it seems to me describing a location as customary for a motion dectecting switch has association to the wall mount switch requirement.