CODE CHANGES 2017 404.22 Electronic Lighting Control Switches

First I want to say its good to be back on my website, and I wanted to thank Aaron my son, for getting us back on track. We had a few technical difficulties that he was able to work through and get us back online. 

We will continue where we left off on the Code change series that we were working through.  So let’s get back to work.

A new requirement has been added to the Code for electronic switches.  In the past we didn’t always supply a neutral (grounded conductor) to a switching point in our wiring systems.  Per this new requirement a neutral shall be be added or capable of being added to a switch point so we can connect these new electronic switching devices.  We are no longer allowed on new installations to connect the neutral of one of the devices to the grounding conductor because we didn’t have a neutral installed.  On existing installations the exception to 404.2(c) covers how to handle our existing installations.

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Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake


PS.  We are also working on getting back into the classroom sometime in the near future.