4 receptacles maximum per SABC?

[hbiss]

At least if you are going to make a video like this that the whole country will see, don't base it on your local amendments- or at least mention that fact.

-Hal

 

[jumper]

Sorry.. current code in Jamaica... three outlets per circuit in kitchen and dining areas...
they are asking electricians to submit ideas for what might need changed in current code to upgrade and use NEC... such as what needs adapted in NEC for use in country...
And what should be kept from old codes...

so, would propose, based on idea that some manufacturers suggest no more than five regular outlets on load of gfci, and the fact that RCD in UK seems to suggest no more than five circuits protected by one RCD...

Would submit request that they allow up to five outlets after the GFCI outlet as the allowable in kitchens per kitchen circuit, rather than the current three outlet restriction... which would double the amount of outlets allowed in a kitchen using two circuits and would cut down on the use of extensions in kitchens while also giving more residents a reason to add gfci to their home voluntarily... if you have a gfci outlet as first outlet from the breaker panel then you can have five regular outlets attached to the load side otherwise restriction of three stays in place..lol...or something to that effect..l

Okay, that makes sense. Is there any formal process for adoption?

 

[Adamjamma]

So far it has been a send the request to the councilman of my area, for him to submit as part of the long running saga of upgrading the nations building codes, and then he tries to get whichever committee is now handling it to look at the proposal... four years ago it looked like we were finally going to get it signed in to adopt the NEC with only an amendment for the wire colors but then it was noted that the NEC does not have tables for metric cables or for metric conduit, yet over eighty percent of the electrical supplies sold are in metric sizes with the allowed by the EU different conductor sizes, for the grounds, while the NEC was requiring number 12 wire to have number twelve ground...lol... then there was an argument over suppliers again and what to do if a home had both USA nmb cables and uk nmb cables, when the NEC does not allow on to re identify cables under certain sizes except for switching...

then the government changed so it is still in discussions with old electricians saying it ain’t broke so why change and younger electricians saying it is broke but we just don’t see it..lol..

 

[tom baker]

I prefer PVC coated rigid. Have some left over from a wastewater job.