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Got a call from a local contractor and he told me that the inspector just turned him down for using Orange as a switch leg to a switched outlet.  I asked him what the reason was and he said the inspector told him that Orange could only be used for a high leg circuit.  I’m not sure where he got his information but I am unaware of this section in the Code book.  If anyone out there knows why it can only be used for the color of a high leg please send me an email.  Service was single phase in a residence.

I told the contractor to ask which section regulated this and will update you in the future.

Some great pictures from around the trade.

Must be a new size Grounding Electrode Conductor.

Got a call from a contractor stating that the inspector was requiring him to size an equipment ground in a feeder tap based on the feeder main and not the size of tapped main he was installing.  The inspector was correct that the equipment grounds installed with the feeder taps would have to be sized based on the feeder main and not the taps main.  This will only apply when a wire type equipment ground is installed, if you are using metal nipples as the equipment ground then this section does not apply.  In the picture that I used the nipples are metal because I could not find a picture with PVC nipples,  So if these nipples were PVC then the equipment grounds installed would have to be based on this section.  The last part of this section tells us that the equipment ground will not have to be larger than the tap conductors.

If you can not see the whole picture just click on it.

Got a question email me @ jleccemail@hotmail.com

Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

Aaron,Darlene and Jake Leahy

This one was sent to me by my son Aaron.  He thought that I would like it, he was right!  I’ll never be able to look at a Safety Pin the same way again.  I’m not sure what they were feeding, but it is a different way of connecting loads to a branch circuit.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.

Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

Another great picture from Howard.

Thanks and be safe work safe.

Jake

I’m not sure that this was the intended way to install some buss duct.

Maybe it was for expansion and contraction. 368,244?

Till next time work safe be safe

Jake

This picture was given to me by Robin an inspector with WPB (he fills in when someone is off).  The picture is of two back fed breakers from a Photovoltaic System.  This is taking the Going Green systems a little to far.

Till the next time be safe work safe.

Jake

New to 2017 Code is the inclusion of residential docking facilities.  This was something that should have been done long ago.  There is just as much danger at a residential dock as a commercial dock.   Water and electrical  hazards are present at both.  Todays column is just the introduction to this new inclusion in the Code,  and over the new couple of columns we will look into the Codes that affect these dock wiring systems.

Just click on the pictures above to see them in a larger view.

As always work safe be safe

Jake