Plastic Ceiling Box Weight Limit

The style that attaches to the joists with 2 nails in tabs on the side.

Plastic ceiling box weight limit.

Why are ceiling boxes made from a different plastic compound than the wall boxes. A pvc box will not pass this test. Manufacturer in trade since. A ceiling box can support a fixture of 50.

The current fixture weighs 5 lbs and is mounted to a slater black plastic 20 25 cu. The carlon 1 gang 18 cu. Plastic round ceiling box with captive mounting nails and auto clamps model s120rac 1 59 1 59. Dec 2002 total posts.

Weight limit on j. Nor is the plastic rough in box holding a moderately heavy fixture suitable for a ceiling fan. 1 posted december 13 2002 at 12 01 pm. The fixture i want to install weighs 10 lbs maybe a little more since a bathroom scale isn t really accurate at that range.

Hard shell old new work ceiling electrical outlet box model bh614r. Legrand pass seymour slater new work 4 in. Great for residential and light commercial applications the box is made of polycarbonate is listed for use with dry wall or sheet rock. Box to hang heavy light fixture.

Set your store to see local availability compare. The ceiling boxes must pass a ul test where a 200 pound weight is supported for 5 minutes at 105 c. If the fixture was light enough to use a plastic remodeling box the old box will definitely have to go.