big john
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I'm not sure I understand. Is your interpretation is that all exposed NM cabling should always be run through holes or along running boards, and that 334.15(C) simply provides an exemption for 6/2 and 8/3 cables and larger where in unfinished basements?georgestolz said:Same sermon, see my last post.
Definitely a good point, but I have to agree with wireman3736 in that it seems like 320.23(A) is more concerned with protecting exposed work potentially subject to damage than defining what is exposed and what isn't....What if 320.23(A) is defining what portions of an attic are exposed work...?
However, I will concede that looking at 320.23(A) to define what is "exposed" and what isn't, is just about the only way it makes it legal to run perpendicular to framing members anywhere in an accessible attics and roof-spaces.
Maybe we're looking at "exposed" in the wrong context, maybe it doesn't just mean "accessible" but "exposed--to possible damage." In which case your interpetation makes a lot of sense.
-John
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