Whats more ,.. this is part of the very next proposal ,.. which touched off a whole lotta discussion and did not meet the "good safety" threshold....
Even if half of those stats are false claims there are documents to review at NFPA headquarters ,... just thought the discrepancy was kinda funny ,.. If I had to guess which one of these would make it into the code ,..Oh,.. that's right ,..silly me ,.. the GFCI protection above,is not required to be factory installed ,.. now it makes perfect sense.
17-29 Log #3301 NEC-P17 Final Action: Reject
(422.52)
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TCC Action: It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that
this Proposal be reported as ?Reject? because less than two-thirds of the
members eligible to vote have voted in the affirmative.
Submitter: Aaron B. Chase, Leviton Mfg. Co. Inc.
Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:
422.52 Cord-and-Plug-Connected Electric Fans. All single-phase cord-and
plug-connected electric fans shall be provided with factory-installed LCDI or
AFCI protection. The LCDI or AFCI protection shall be an integral part of the
attachment plug or be located in the power supply cord within 300 mm (12 in.)
of the attachment plug.
Substantiation: Electric fans were responsible for 2,600 fires attended by the
Fire Services in 1998 according to the 1998 Residential Fire Loss Estimates
published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2002.
These fires resulted in 10 deaths, 120 civilian injuries and $35.9 million in
property damage. This is the highest number of electric fan fires over the past
five years. The CPSC conducted 243 in-depth incident investigations from
1990 to 2001. Sixty-three of these fires ( 26 percent) involved cord failures.
Note: Supporting material is available for review at NFPA Headquarters.