is receiver of wireless switch required to be in a box ?

[RustyShackleford]

I bought this wireless switch, because of the great difficulty of wiring the luminaire the old-fashioned way:

Amazon product ASIN B07P9F1111
So it's two pieces: a remote, which you typiclly mount on a wall like a light switch. And a little receiver module that goes between the line-in and the luminaire load.

My question: Does code require the receiver module to be inside a box ? It's typically meant to be in the luminaire's box and/or it's canopy. But this luminaire is mounted in a "pancake" box (1/2" tall) and the canopy is quite small too. I can always add a box nearby to house the receiver, but I'd rather not.

FWIW, the connector screws of the receiver are inside a little plastic cover (so nothing is exposed).

 

[gthomas785]

That would depend on what the device's UL listing has to say about it. All building wiring is required to terminate at a box. If the device is listed as including a box, then you don't need to put the box inside another box.

On another note, is this device actually UL listed?

 

[RustyShackleford]

That would depend on what the device's UL listing has to say about it. All building wiring is required to terminate at a box. If the device is listed as including a box, then you don't need to put the box inside another box.

Makes sense.

On another note, is this device actually UL listed?

Darn, no it's not. CE listed, but I guess that doesn't really count. Better return it. Of course, none of them seem to be.

 

[EbS-P]

Makes sense.

Darn, no it's not. CE listed, but I guess that doesn't really count. Better return it. Of course, none of them seem to be.

Is the box on a joists? They make a box that has extra room on the side of the joists.

 

[xman23]

There are lots of those wireless remote control switches around. I think I saw them at HD. That one is RF, not IR like you TV control. Nice is you need to control a circuit through a wall.

I've done a few that are connected to the internet via wifi. I use them to control devices at the cabin.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Is the box on a joists? They make a box that has extra room on the side of the joists.

Actually it isn't. For some reason they put a piece of wood in-between the joists and flat against the drywall - hence the need for a pancake box. Why they did it this way, who knows; clearly (from this thread) there's some weird stuff in this house (recall from the OP that there was no box at all, and the wires were just taped), and I added the pancake box. So the box you pictured ("saddle" ?) would not fit. And I don't think it'd have room for the receiver anyhow. I would remove the piece of wood, but it's nailed in good and I'm afraid I'd mess up the drywall that it's right up against.

I think I'll just put the receiver in its own metal box, nearby. Not being UL listed, hopefully that'll contain it if it bursts into flames. Or maybe I'll man-up and run a piece of romex.