2011 ROP 210.55 missing?

[jumper]

This was in the 2011 ROP draft:

210.55 Meeting Rooms. In meeting rooms located in office
buildings and hotels/motels, a receptacle outlet in a
listed floor box shall be installed in the center of each room.
For a dividable meeting room a single receptacle outlet in a
listed floor box shall be installed in the center of each
partitioned area. [ROP 2-276]


But I cannot find it in the 2011 NEC or where it was killed/rejected in the ROC.

What happened to it?

 

[iwire]

This was in the 2011 ROP draft:

210.55 Meeting Rooms. In meeting rooms located in office
buildings and hotels/motels, a receptacle outlet in a
listed floor box shall be installed in the center of each room.
For a dividable meeting room a single receptacle outlet in a
listed floor box shall be installed in the center of each
partitioned area. [ROP 2-276]


But I cannot find it in the 2011 NEC or where it was killed/rejected in the ROC.

What happened to it?

Someone came to their senses?

Why the center?:?

What is a meeting room?:?

Why power and not data?:?

To me that proposed requirement, which has been shot down in previous years as well, goes beyond safety and well into a design issue.

 

[jumper]

Someone came to their senses?

Why the center?:?

What is a meeting room?:?

Why power and not data?:?

To me that proposed requirement, which has been shot down in previous years as well, goes beyond safety and well into a design issue.

I am not for it nor against it, I just wanna know where it went.

 

[iwire]

I am not for it nor against it, I just wanna know where it went.

I figured but I was just ranting ........

I cannot answer your question, I have seen other mystery changes and never really knew what happened.

 

[infinity]

IMO, like Bob's ranting, this would be a stupid requirement that would most likely only benefit floor box manufacturers.

 

[Twoskinsoneman]

They decided to ditch it

2-155 Log #2893 NEC-P02 Final Action: Accept
(210.55 (New) )
_______________________________________________________________
Submitter: Jeremy Barrows, Dover, NH
Comment on Proposal No: 2-276
Recommendation: All of the text in this proposal should be deleted. There is
no need for the proposition to add Article 210.55.
Substantiation: The proposed code is more of a matter of convenience.
Installers should not be required by the NEC to install a receptacle in a floor
box in the center of the meeting room. If there is a need for a floor box with
a receptacle it should be included in the blueprints and the decision should be
left up to the owner of the building, the architect or person in charge of the job.
The outlets in the room should solely fall under Article 210.52.
Panel Meeting Action: Accept
Number Eligible to Vote: 12
Ballot Results: Affirmative: 9 Negative: 3
Explanation of Negative:
KING, D.: See my Explanation of Negative Vote on Comment 2-148.
LAROCCA, R.: See my Explanation of Negative on Comment 2-148.
WEBER, R.: See my Explanation of Negative Vote on Comment 2-147.

 

[Twoskinsoneman]

What is a meeting room?:?

Good point, although I was surprised to find "meeting rooms" listed in 518.4(C) without any hint as to what it is.

 

[iwire]

Good point, although I was surprised to find "meeting rooms" listed in 518.4(C) without any hint as to what it is.

I think in some cases it would be very apparent, other times I can see being anything but clear.

Is my office a meeting room? I meet people in it.

 

[Twoskinsoneman]

I think in some cases it would be very apparent, other times I can see being anything but clear.

Is my office a meeting room? I meet people in it.

I guess without the NEC to define it for us we are forced to use the basic definitions of "meet" and "room"
Boy that is a lot of floor boxes! :roll:

 

[jumper]

They decided to ditch it

2-155 Log #2893 NEC-P02 Final Action: Accept
(210.55 (New) )
_______________________________________________________________
Submitter: Jeremy Barrows, Dover, NH
Comment on Proposal No: 2-276
Recommendation: All of the text in this proposal should be deleted. There is
no need for the proposition to add Article 210.55.
Substantiation: The proposed code is more of a matter of convenience.
Installers should not be required by the NEC to install a receptacle in a floor
box in the center of the meeting room. If there is a need for a floor box with
a receptacle it should be included in the blueprints and the decision should be
left up to the owner of the building, the architect or person in charge of the job.
The outlets in the room should solely fall under Article 210.52.
Panel Meeting Action: Accept
Number Eligible to Vote: 12
Ballot Results: Affirmative: 9 Negative: 3
Explanation of Negative:
KING, D.: See my Explanation of Negative Vote on Comment 2-148.
LAROCCA, R.: See my Explanation of Negative on Comment 2-148.
WEBER, R.: See my Explanation of Negative Vote on Comment 2-147.

Thanks, somehow I missed it when looking at the ROC.