Could you send some documentation? I have gotten rejections like this:
That's why this is so stupid. Any connector was allowed for 100 years and the CMP took this action not based on any incidents that occured in the field. So now UL has to develop a test to show that the connectors prevent incidents that to our knowledge have never happened. (Perhaps something bad happened somewhere at some time, but without something known to refer to then how UL know precisely what the CMP wants.)
Doubtful that I can get UL to give a statement like that, but I can try.
I wouldn't be surprised, I guess we will have to see what comes out haha
This is screwing over the connector manufacturers, who will have to pay for new testing on existing products and can't sell their product in the meantime. So that's probably not what's going on here. This does not involve someone trying to get their new technology made into a code requirement, because as Dennis pointed out the existing products are probably fine and will pass the tests.
I certainly hope manufacturers are involved in writing standards. I hate when someone specifies something that can not be built.
iaeimagazine.org
This link to an article in IAEI states there are wire connectors avaiable...
NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
I will try and seach UL for connectors that are listed...
The concern is the high physical forces that will occur from the magnetic field with a high current fault. For all practical purposes there is no overcurrent protection for the service conductors.
The standards technical committees are set up much like the NFPA code making panels with members from various different interest groups. Both the UL committees and the code making panels have manufacturer representives. In both cases no one interest group can have more than 1/3 of the total membership and a 2/3s majority is required to pass anything.
