jaylectricity
Senior Member
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Occupation
- licensed journeyman electrician
I want to use a little bit of ENT on a light commercial job. There are wooden framed walls at about 7.5 feet high, then a 2 foot space, then suspended ceiling. There's about 4 feet of vertical space above the tiles. I want the ENT to come out of the top of one of the walls, get into the space above the ceiling tile and work its way over to the panel, which is 10-15 feet away. Also I need to cross a doorway which has a header that I can't drill through by coming out of the top of the wall and securing the tubing to the top of the wall. All of this will be hidden from the rest of the store and away from any customer areas. It's a paint your own pottery type shop. It's for a good friend of mine and my late father's and we're trying to get his shop open without breaking the bank.
I can definitely support the ENT, so that's not my question. My question is the very confusing language in this article.
263.10(1)(a) says I can run it exposed (This building is single story) except where prohibited by 362.12. There's only one scenario {362.12(7)} under Uses Not Permitted that I need to worry about and that says: In exposed locations, except where permitted by 362.10(1) 362.10(5) 362.10(7). I will comply to (5) and (7) but when I look back at 362.10(1) it tells me I can do it except when prohibited by 362.12.
I keep running myself in circles on this one. Only a total of 10-15 feet will end up exposed.
I can definitely support the ENT, so that's not my question. My question is the very confusing language in this article.
263.10(1)(a) says I can run it exposed (This building is single story) except where prohibited by 362.12. There's only one scenario {362.12(7)} under Uses Not Permitted that I need to worry about and that says: In exposed locations, except where permitted by 362.10(1) 362.10(5) 362.10(7). I will comply to (5) and (7) but when I look back at 362.10(1) it tells me I can do it except when prohibited by 362.12.
I keep running myself in circles on this one. Only a total of 10-15 feet will end up exposed.