13,800 Safety

[zog]

Yes NFPA70E-2009 does, but the NEC (NFPA 70) does not.

Right, NEC 110.16 just requires the generic label, 2009 70E requires the Ei or PPE to be on it.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Right, NEC 110.16 just requires the generic label, 2009 70E requires the Ei or PPE to be on it.

But the enforcement of the rule in 70E will likely be by the saftey people, as I doubt that a city or county will ever adopt 70E as a code.

 

[Fulthrotl]

thank you zog I understand your point and no I do not have experience with this, I am just an apprentice trying to learn, it is my boss who is going to do this. He said he would do it, not me. For the amount of time we have already put into arguing with the shop electrician the job is way past being worth it. We are looking for written documentation that we can give to the head of maintenance that will justify either my boss doing it himself or subbing it out to another company. Just looking for a specific article. Sorry to tweak you the wrong way.

zog tends to be excitable, when faced with an immediate threat to life.:smile:

what you are proposing isn't something you want to do in *any* level of
ppe. 30 years ago, stuff like that got done.... not now.

knowing the bolted fault rating of the switch won't help you either.
anything with that much oomph behind it, will not be a burn hazard,
as the blast will kill you.

if you want documentation on this, play this video for your boss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bBvmPRqfmo

see?

randy