A Word from Jake

406.5 Receptacle Mounting 2017 Code Change

This weeks post is more of a clarification than a change.  In the 2014 Code it was added that a receptacle mounted in a faceup position in a counter top had to be listed.  Well all receptacles have to be listed.  So an assembly that is listed for faceup position also has to be listed for work surfaces and countertop applications

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This week I was sent some specs on a new tandem breaker (arc fault). See the link below.

https://www.downloads.siemens.com/download-center/Download.aspx?pos=download&fct=getasset&id1=BTLV_70495

Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

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406.3 Receptacle Rating and Type. (F) Receptacle with USB Charger. 2017 Code Change

The change to this section is the fact that they have to be listed and the Class 2 circuitry is integral with the outlet.  There are plenty out there that are not listed so don’t get caught without a listed product.

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Till next time be safe work safe

Jake

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2017 Code Change 406.3 Receptacle Rating and Type. (E) Controlled Receptacle Marking

This new requirement was added in the 2017 NEC. All it did was add the word “controlled” to the outlet face.  This way you know that the outlet is switched or controlled by some other means.  A lot of people did not know what the symbol meant, so this should help. This section does not apply to outlets that are switched in lieu of having a lighting outlet in the ceiling per 210.70(A)(1) Exception #1 of the 2017 NEC..

The 2020 Edition of the FBC Energy Conservation Code 7th Edition exempts having to install controlled outlets per section C401.2 states, That Commercial buildings shall comply with one of the following: in #1. The requirements of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1, excluding section 9.4.1.1(g), section 8.4.2 and section 8.4.3 of the standard.  Section 8.4.2 was the section that required at least 50% of the outlets be controlled.  So if it is on the plan you will need to put them in, and if not on the plan they will not be required by FBC.  Hope this helps because I have already been contacted by several contractors stating that the inspector is requiring the controlled outlets.  Let him/her know that this section has been removed from the FBC  Energy Conservation requirements.

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Till the next time be safe work safe.

Jake

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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.


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My bosses  daughter lives in Orlando and is in need of a good electrician.  Does anyone know someone up there, she lives in Hunter’s Creek. Let me know.

Be safe.

Jake

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“NEW” CODE goes into effect 12/31/2020

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Are you ready for the changes? Starting on 12/31/2020 the “2017 NEC” goes into effect.

 

12/31/2020  2017 NEC ADOPTED by the

FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISION!!!


New changes go into effect on 12/31/2020 any permit submitted on or after 12/31/2020 will be governed by the 2017 NEC.  I haven’t quite finished going through all the changes that I thought would affect us hear down in So Florida, but you can go back and review all the ones we have posted up until now.  So stay tuned for future Code Changes that could have an effect on your business ($$$).  We will start up again next week with more 2017 code changes.  Don’t get caught with your Code knowledge down,  buy a code book look it over check out the changes be aware of what’s happening in our trade, put down your 2008, 2011, 2014 code books. This is 2020 we are using the 2017 NEC.


On a sad note my mother in-law passed away this week at 97, Dorothy Ida Sordillo you will be missed.  It was Ida and her husband Joe who gave Darlene and myself a place to stay down here in Florida.  I thank them for giving us a new start in a new land. Joe passed away just a few months after we moved here in 1976, and if not for Ida we would have never made it down here. Ida would come and stay with us from time to time and I would listen to her tell all these stories about her family and Joe’s family. I will miss her and her stories.  Thanks for the stories and all your help through the years.


Till next time

Be safe work safe.

Jake


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314.16(A) Box Volume Calculation 2017 Code Change

This weeks selection is for a new addition to 314.16(A) for dividers that we put inside boxes to separate high voltage from low voltage.  They have come up with an assigned cubic inch capacity for metal and plastic dividers, one half cubic inch for a metal divider and one cubic inch for a plastic divider unless it is marked.  So even if all the wires are the same size but you have a divider installed you will be required to do the calculation for box fill.

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Till next time be safe work safe

Jake

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310.15(B)(3) Adjustment Factors. (7) Single-Phase Dwelling Services and Feeders. 2017 Code Change

New to 2017 Code is the introduction of the use of 120/208 volt services into the residential service adjustment factors section.  It has always been just for 120/240 volt services and they now allow us to use this adjustment for 120/208 services also.  Only difference with the inclusion of the 120/208 services is that you can not down size the neutral conductor. it is definitely a welcome change to the Code.

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Till next time be safe work safe, wear a mask.

Jake

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