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2017 NEC CODE CHANGE 422.16(B)(2,6) FLEXIBLE CORDS FOR DISHWASHERS, AND TRASH COMPACTORS

A Code change that makes what we have been doing for a long time legal.  The Code changed the maximum length of the cord we put on a dishwasher from 4’ to 6.5’. I think from the 70s to today most have used a 6’ cord if not longer to hook up the dishwasher.

A new change also restricts the location of the receptacle outlet to a space adjacent to the dishwasher, no longer allowing it to be placed behind the unit.  Although I never put an outlet behind the dishwasher it was allowed.

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Till next time be safe work safe

Jake

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2017 CODE CHANGE TAMPER RESISTANT RECEPTACLES 406.12

This section has been expanded to more commercial areas and mobile homes in the 2017 Code.  This section 406.12 now covers more commercial areas where these types of receptacles are needed. They figured out that children not only get hurt in the home, they can get hurt at the airport, in the doctors office, and in mobile homes. 

This is a 2017 CODE change and it will not go into use until January of 2021.

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Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

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Code Change 210.8 GFCI protection

This weeks 2017 Code change is not a change but a clarification to a Code section.  It is based on 201.8 GFCI protection and how we measure the distances from a receptacle.

“For the purposes of this section, when determining distance from receptacles the distance shall be measured as the shortest path the cord of an appliance connected to the receptacle would follow without piercing a floor, wall, ceiling, or fixed barrier, or passing through a door, doorway, or window.”

So from the edged of the sink to the receptacle for the disposal you pass through a doorway (most of the time).  Some will say that because the dishwasher is on GFCI it also includes the disposal, that is not the case the dishwasher placement on a GFCI protected circuit was based on a request from the manufacturers to place the dishwasher on a GFCI protected circuit.  Maybe some day it will be required to be on a GFCI circuit but not in the 2017 Code.

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My last post for the lug guards was also a 2017 NEC Code change.

Till next time be safe work safe

Jake

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Grandfathering of Registered contractors into State Certified contractors.

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This is just a note to all county licensed contractors (ER) that the State is going to open up the grandfathering of locally licensed contractors into State certified contractors.

This State program will start on July 1st 2019 and end on November 1st 2021.  See statement below.

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Certification of Registered Contractors

House Bill 763, which passed during the 2019 legislative session, was approved by Governor Ron DeSantis on June 7, 2019. This bill will re-open the time period for electrical and alarm contractors to request that their registered license be grandfathered to a statewide certified license. Grandfathering begins July 1, 2019 and ends November 1, 2021. All applications for grandfathering must be postmarked no later than November 1, 2021 to be considered for grandfathering.

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You will need to have had your license for Five Years with no major licensing problems.

This is your chance to become State Certified throughout the State of Florida.

Jake

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ARTICLE 555 — MARINAS, BOATYARDS, AND COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL DOCKING FACILITIES 555.24 Signage.

This weeks 2017 Code change is a requirement for signage at all docks at marinas and boatyards both commercial and residential.  Just warning of the potential for a shock hazard that could be present in the water and that swimming is not recommended.

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In one of my past postings I mistakenly stated that the 2017 Code would be adopted around January 2020 but it should have been January of 2021.

Till next time

Have a safe Forth of July


Jake

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555.3 Ground fault protection

First of all Happy Fathers days to all our fathers out there. Without you we would not be here.

We have been getting calls about our Continuing Education Classes, and we are going to run classes this fall in November instead of the summer this year, we had a lot of customers wanting to know when classes where going to be held so they could plan their vacation.  So we decided to hold them in November.  This is an off year because your license does not expire until 8/31/2020.  You may have been notified by the County that your license needs to be renewed, if so you will be required to set up an account and download your certificate into your account.  Send them your certificate from last years Continuing Education if you have one.  If your a first timer you will not have a certificate to send them, and they will understand.

Back to the Code changes, Under the new Ground Fault protection requirements from 555.3 the feeder that feeds the Marina or Dock will now have to be Ground Fault protected with a 30mA device.  Two changes occurred in this section one the protection went from 100mA down to 30mA for Ground Fault protection, and the other is it now included residential docks which not covered before by this section. It took a long time for the Code panels to realize that the residential boat docks were only covered by Article 210.8 in the Code.  This Ground Fault protection is for the feeder only and you will still have to provide GFCI protection for boat lifts under 210.8(C), outlet protection under 210.8(A)(3) and 555.19(B)(1).

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If you have questions send them to me at jleccemail@hotmail.com.

That’s all I have for today, Happy fathers day.


Jake

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