Article 708 COPS requirements

[fandi]

Hello All,
Per 708.1 Scope at the beginning of the Article:
"The provisions of this article apply to the installation, operation,
monitoring, control, and maintenance of the portions of the
premises wiring system intended to supply, distribute, and control
electricity to designated critical operations areas (DCOA)
in the event of disruption to elements of the normal system.
Critical operations power systems are those systems"
Definition of DCOA: 'Areas within a facility or site designated as requiring critical operations power'
So do all the requirements in this article apply to the electrical portion (feeders, branch circuits, equipment) of a non DCOA area of a COPS facility? Assuming this electrical portion of the DCOA does not supply, distribute or control electricity to the DCOA. To make the question simple, think about one feeder from a DCOA switchboard feeding a non DCOA panel downstream.

Question #2 regarding 708.10 (D) COPS Branch circuit wiring:
'(1) Outside the DCOA. COPS branch circuits installed outside
the DCOA shall comply with the physical and fire protection
requirements of 708.10(C)(1) through (C)(3).
(2) Within the DCOA. Any of the wiring methods recognized
in Chapter 3 of this Code shall be permitted within the
DCOA.'
I thought the requirements seems to be backward here. Outside the DCOA should comply with Chapter 3 and within the DCOA should comply with 708.10(C)(1) through (C)(3). Your thoughts? Thanks.

 

[ron]

DCOA are specific areas within a facility and Article 708 only applies to those areas.

Outside of the DCOA, they want physical separation from the critical nature of the DCOA type wiring. You can think of it like Article 700 wiring needing to be separate from 701 and 702 wiring.

As a side note, since no building code, fire code, AHJ documented requirement directs the engineering of a facility to be a 708 facility, almost nobody elects to spend the incredible extra $$$ to construct a 708 facility area unless it is some contractual requirement that someone throws in there to puff out their chest to spend tax dollars.

 

[fandi]

DCOA are specific areas within a facility and Article 708 only applies to those areas.

Outside of the DCOA, they want physical separation from the critical nature of the DCOA type wiring. You can think of it like Article 700 wiring needing to be separate from 701 and 702 wiring.

As a side note, since no building code, fire code, AHJ documented requirement directs the engineering of a facility to be a 708 facility, almost nobody elects to spend the incredible extra $$$ to construct a 708 facility area unless it is some contractual requirement that someone throws in there to puff out their chest to spend tax dollars.

So 708.10 (D) (1) and (2) are not backward?