Plugs for lighting?

[Train]

I was given several warehouse type light fixtures, metal halide. They come with hangers so they don't attach to a box like a domestic light. My question is, would it be okay to put a plug on the wire, like my ceiling fans have. These will be going in the shop and about 15 feet in the air, so no chance of them getting pulled out of the socket by accident.

They're 120 v, 2.6 amp.

 

[ezover]

that is how i did mine on a 10' ceiling. not sure why but i just did not want them hard wired. now i have lots of out lets on my ceiling too

 

[Train]

Ezover, what is the wattage of your lights, and what gauge wires are coming from them?

 

[AndyCBR]

I was given several warehouse type light fixtures, metal halide. They come with hangers so they don't attach to a box like a domestic light. My question is, would it be okay to put a plug on the wire, like my ceiling fans have. These will be going in the shop and about 15 feet in the air, so no chance of them getting pulled out of the socket by accident.

They're 120 v, 2.6 amp.

As long as the receptacle is rated for the application it is no problem. If it was some kind of wet location or pressure washing bay then you might have an issue.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

250 watt. Gonna have to put then pretty close together.

Normally the MH fixtures have a hook on the fixture, and a cast box with a ring on it and a receptacle set at a 45° angle on the side of it with a twist lock® receptacle which prevents the plug from falling out from building vibration.

I used regular receptacles but they were commercial/industrial grade and very tight to plug and unplug from. I used large steel machine screw eyes set into cone nuts in the unistrut.

Note that 410.62 (C)(1)(1) requires that the fixture be hung "directly" below the box/receptacle/busway and thus generally be mounted on the same structure as the light is hung from.

 

[Norcal]

If cord & plug connected they MAY require GFCI protection.