This Code Change is all about GFI protection. Anything above 30 volts will have to be GFCI protected. So if you have a 120 volt gas-fired “POOL” water heater then it will be required to be GFCI protected.
Till next time be safe work safe.
Jake
How close can you place these items near a pool. As long as you use a listed power supply that complies with 680.23(A)(3), and if it is metal, and you bond it you can be LESS THAN 5’ from the inside wall of the pool.
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We are getting a lot of calls about continuing education classes, and we want you to know that we will be holding classes in May, June, and July to help you renew your license.
Till next time be safe work safe.
Jake
This new section gives us the requirements for wiring methods when you have stored chemicals in the same area as your pool equipment. Most of the chemicals that are used in pool maintenance are corrosive and the vapors can end up in the air and cause damage to the electrical system for the pool. When I use to do pools we always kept most of the electrical work above 48” so that we were above some of the vapors. A good installation will have a ventilation system to take these vapors out of the room.
For those of you who missed our continuing education class in December don’t fret we will be running a few more next year in time for the renewal of your license.
Till next year be safe work safe
Jake
This weeks change is an easy one to understand. They included photovoltaic powered signs to also be listed for use as a sign’s electrical system.
Till next time be safe work safe
Jake
A new section has been added to article 555 requiring signs to be placed so as to “WARN” people of the protentional hazards that could exist in the water. If you are working on a marina or dock you will be required to post “permanent signs” to warn potential swimmers of the hazard that could be there.
Till the next time be safe work safe.
Jake
This section has changed the GFCI protection for marinas and docks from a 100 mA down to 30 mA. When a marina’s or dock’s electrical system is installed, it must be installed under the adopted code at time of installation. So an existing dock will not be required to updated unless a major upgrade or expansion to the dock is made. You may still run into the AHJ that will require you to change the feeder or branch circuit device on an existing dock, but that was not the intent of this “new change”. This covers both residential and commercial marinas and docks.
On another note we have set the dates for our first in class CEU courses. December 7th and 8th will be our first 7 hours of continuing education for the new cycle. Hope to see you there.
Till next time be safe work safe.
Jake
This weeks change has been one that was long over due. They finally added residential docks and marinas to the code for us to follow and enforce. As an inspector I used to argue with contractors over residential docking facilities about what does and doesn’t apply. Well the argument is over. Residential docks and marinas are now listed in the scope of Article 555. So for this weeks change that’s where we will stop. We now have Codes that will protect people who are using residential docking facilities, where in the past it was always an argument and the use of 90.4 to enforce something that should have been in the Code book years ago. Article 555 now includes residential docks!
In the next newsletter we will look into the sections of 555 and try and clear up some of the new requirements.
For those of you wondering if we are ever going to do continuing education again, we are planning to do a two-night seminar in December. Watch for our email.
Till the next time work safe be safe
Jake
This weeks change is an easy one. If you run conduit on a roof and use compression fittings you will be required to pull an equipment grounding conductor.
Till next time be safe work safe.
Jake
This weeks Code change is really just a clarification of voltages requiring GFCI protection, 250V or less and 60 amperes or less on single and three phase systems. It also clarifies what type of GFCI protection can be provided upstream from the equipment in (B).
Also included this week is another great picture from out there somewhere.
Don’t have a knockout set just cut the bottom out and run a bonding jumper.
Till next time be safe work safe
Jake
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Nothing to complicated here just clarifies what we all knew anyways. Appliances need to be listed.
Till next time be safe work safe
Jake