Another Health Care/Dentist office question

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mdshunk said:
Is a lay-in in the patient care area, or in the space above it?
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Well, exception #2 to 517.13(B) does not address the fixture type, and being that the surface of the fixture (even if it's just a lens) is in the room, I doubt that there would be much reason to argue the semantics.

Realistically, Patient Care Areas are usually considered suites, areas, wings, etc...

Roger
 
roger said:
Well, exception #2 to 517.13(B) does not address the fixture type, and being that the surface of the fixture (even if it's just a lens) is in the room, I doubt that there would be much reason to argue the semantics.

Realistically, Patient Care Areas are usually considered suites, areas, wings, etc...

Roger
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Then you'd have a problem with non-HCFC/pipe circuits running in the ceiling area above an exam room, for instance?
 
mdshunk said:
Then you'd have a problem with non-HCFC/pipe circuits running in the ceiling area above an exam room, for instance?
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Not me, but an inspector should (and do in the areas I have worked) if he/she were actually enforcing the wording of the code.

Roger
 
mdshunk said:
If the room stops at the walls, it can stop at the ceiling too.
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It doesn't stop at the walls or ceilings in Patient Care Areas, if it did there would be no need for exception #2 to 517.13(B) would there.

Roger
 
as an aside, and a follow up...spoke with the EI today...I mostly wanted make sure that we were ok leaving existing NM above the drop ceiling in the office/general space (this wire is feeding existing receptacles that are not getting altered...

he is fine with that....he also gave me permission to use NM for the layins in the office general area that we are adding...this is a nice time saver for me...

AC/MC for Layins in patient care area, and HFC for receptacles in patient care...

this project is gonna be an abortion...mensa mensa...
 
I am going through the same type of project right now. Originally was wired in all NM. We just received a change order to rewire all the exam rooms up to code.
 
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