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Eric Fishman

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Two questions regarding abandoned cable provisions (for communications cable, optical fiber, coaxial, network-powered broadband communications cable) of NEC 2005:
1. With one exception (see below) NEC 2005 does not appear to alter the abandoned cable provisions of NEC 2002. Am I correct?
2. NEC 2005 appears to delete section 830.55(B) of NEC 2002, which provided for removal of Network-Powered Broadband Communications Cable." As a result, Article 830 has a definition for "Abandoned Network-Powered Broadband Communications Cable", but no provisions for cable removal. Am I correct, and do you know why Section 830.55(B) was removed?
 
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As a follow-up to my prior question, it seems that provisions of NEC 2002 which limited the removal of abandoned cable to the "accessible portion" have been deleted. Am I correct, and can anyone tell me why?
 
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Eric,
Look at 830.3(A) and also the xxx.3(A) sections of the other low voltage articles in the 2005 code. They all require the "accessible portion of abandoned" cables be removed.
Don
 
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What exactly is the differance between abandoned and not being used at the presant time ? I have many outlets that have not been used in years :confused:
 
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Originally posted by jimwalker:
What exactly is the differance between abandoned and not being used at the presant time ? I have many outlets that have not been used in years :cool:
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What exactly is the differance between abandoned and not being used at the presant time ? I have many outlets that have not been used in years
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They are being used. They are used to make your house compliant with wall spacing rules in the codebook. :)
 
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