A whip is a prefabricated length of flexible conduit or MC cable, usually 6 feet, with connectors and conductors already installed, that links a junction box above the ceiling to a lay-in light fixture. Code allows up to 6 feet of flexible raceway for this fixture tap, which lets fixtures shift within the grid. The word also covers any flexible final connection, such as a drive whip or equipment whip.
Hang the troffers, then run a six-foot whip from each one back to the J-box above the grid.
Also heard as
- fixture whip
- flex whip
- lighting whip
Related terms
Greenfield
Flexible metal conduit: spiral-wound steel or aluminium tube that wire is pulled into, used for short flexible runs.
MC cable
Metal-clad cable: insulated conductors, including a green ground, inside interlocked aluminium or steel armor.
Home run
Part of a circuit running from the first box back to the panel, or the arrow on a drawing that shows it.
Sealtite
Liquidtight flexible metal conduit: flexible steel conduit with a gray plastic jacket, used at motors and outdoors.