Bobhook149
Senior Member
How do most of you provide a disconnect means for cooktop.......cord and plug?
How do most of you provide a disconnect means for cooktop.......cord and plug?
422.31 Disconnection of Permanently Connected Appliances.
(B) Appliances Rated over 300 Volt-Amperes or Horsepower. For permanently connected appliances rated over 300 volt-amperes or hp, the branch-circuit switch or circuit breaker shall be permitted to serve as the disconnecting means where the switch or circuit breaker is within sight from the appliance or is capable of being locked in the open position. The provision for locking or adding a lock to the disconnecting means shall be installed on or at the switch or circuit breaker used as the disconnecting means and shall remain in place with or without the lock installed.
......... The provision for locking or adding a lock to the disconnecting means shall be installed on or at the switch or circuit breaker used as the disconnecting means and shall remain in place with or without the lock installed.
cord and plug
Please explain how you do this. I have never seen a cooktop with a factory installed cord or provisions for field installing one.
Here:
422.34 Unit Switch(es) as Disconnecting Means.
A unit switch(es) with a marked-off position that is a part of an appliance and disconnects all ungrounded conductors shall be permitted as the disconnecting means required by this article where other means for disconnection are provided in occupancies specified in 422.34(A) through (D).
So your saying the knob on the cooktop may be considered the disconnect means, so 422.31 is really a moot point?
Have not had one single inspector enforce this yet, Georgia, Tennesee, and North Carolina
422.34 also states "switches" . . . that is, multiple switches.There is not one switch on a cooktop that disconnects all ungrounded conductors.
Here:
422.34 Unit Switch(es) as Disconnecting Means.
A unit switch(es) with a marked-off position that is a part of an appliance and disconnects all ungrounded conductors shall be permitted as the disconnecting means required by this article where other means for disconnection are provided in occupancies specified in 422.34(A) through (D).
Install a cord cap on the greenfield, whip.
How does the clock still work?
Wouldn't you have a problem with 348.6?