ABANDONED COMMUNICATION CABLES

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missdella

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2002 NEC requirement for removal of abandoned cables in plenums and vertical runs penetrating more than one floor and vertical runs in shafts, is there a requirement for removal of more than communications cables in just these two areas?
For instance if the cables are under a floor or some other place, can they be left in place abandoned? And what about other types of cables and wires?
 
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charlie tuna

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Re: ABANDONED COMMUNICATION CABLES

if you are required to remove them from the plenum the same reasoning would be from below the floor. this is a big problem when enforced. consider an office building twenty years old - cables are six inches thick across ceilings - now the job you are doing is inbetween two other law offices with normal operations - how are you gonna determine which cables are operational and which are to demoed??????? it can be an expensive operation!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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missdella

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Re: ABANDONED COMMUNICATION CABLES

That's why I ask. In our plant we have "temporarily" abandoned wiring and cabling of all sorts all over the place. Does the NEC mean to have us pulling it all out?
 
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