620.37 Violation

[George Stolz]

A friend called me the other day for some advice. A house he had wired had failed, 620.37 was cited. As I wandered out to the truck to find my 2002, I remarked, "What the **** are you working on?"

As it turns out, the house has an elevator, and he had installed a receptacle and other wiring in the back wall of the shaft for a living room, etc. We discussed it, and I concluded that by the wording of this code, that if the interior of the shaft were drywalled, he would become in compliance. I then told him to seek better advice.

Was I right? About the drywall part, I mean.

 

[physis]

Re: 620.37 Violation

I would say that it depends on how hoistway is going to be defined. I thinks it's possible that in one case you could install drywall and end up with hoistway on one side and wall cavity on the other. And in another case you might be installing the prohibited wiring and drywall in the hoistway.