On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Rob Seastrom <r...@seastrom.com> wrote: > > Lamar Owen <lo...@pari.edu> writes: > >> Actually, there is no NEC 384.16 any more, at least in the 2011 code. > > Guilty. I reflexively reached for my 2008 copy since that's the code > of record here where I live. Glad we're not on 2011, wish we were > still on 2005; a lot of stupidity has crept in since then. Tamper-resistant > receptacles required in the unfinished basement shop? *really*?
"Think of the children!" I hear the 2017 edition of NFPA 70 (aka NEC) may require one to turn off the power to the entire household in order to plug in a coffee maker to minimize potential arc flash hazard.... (just kidding). Gary