Re: [RE-wrenches] How do we wrenches provide pertinent advice? (was120% rule applying to conductors)

2012-10-03 Thread William Miller
Dan: I am a bit confused by what you say below regarding whim and interpretation. In regards to the 690.64(B) 'conductor' controversy, the controversy is not about what the code says or how AHJs interpret it, the controversy is about why the word conductors is included in the NEC section at

Re: [RE-wrenches] How do we wrenches provide pertinent advice? (was120% rule applying to conductors)

2012-10-03 Thread Exeltech
[Advisory: Lengthy Post] Hello William, Rather than focus on a specific instance, I'd like to step back and view the larger situation. Over the years, numerous posts to this list-serv have related to concerns where installers experienced inspection-related problems ranging from individual AHJs

Re: [RE-wrenches] Utility disconnect

2012-10-03 Thread Mark Richardson
Jesse, It is my understanding that the utility disconnect is exactly what it sounds like...a disconnect required by the utility, not a code requirement. Here in New York the Public Service Commission has ruled that system size is the determining factor for whether or not an exterior AC disco is

Re: [RE-wrenches] How do we wrenches provide pertinent advice? (was120% rule applying to conductors)

2012-10-03 Thread jay peltz
I've followed these threads with great interest about code, changes and interpretations. There are 2 connected parts, code and interpretation. While its hard to do much about interpretation, the code part should be more fixable. One of the largest problems as I see it, is the long time