COMMENT 13-116 700.12(F)(2)(3) <except>

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I'm looking for constructive criticism on the following, and if you think it is merited, support in the form of comments from you on 13-116. Thanks, Jim Williams

4 Comment:

700.12 General Requirements.
(F) Unit Equipment.
(2) Installation of Unit Equipment.

(3) The branch circuit feeding the unit equipment shall be the same branch circuit as that serving the normal lighting in the area and connected ahead of any local switches.

Exception: In a separate and uninterrupted area supplied by a minimum of three normal lighting circuits that are not part of a multiwire branch circuit, a separate branch circuit for unit equipment shall be permitted if it originates from the same panelboard as that of the normal lighting circuits that are not part of a multiwire branch circuit and is provided with a lock-on feature. lockable in the closed position. [ROP 13?116]


5 Statement of Problem and Substantiation.

Parallel the dominate ?lockable? text:

110.25 Lockable Disconnecting Means. Where a disconnecting means is required to be lockable open, elsewhere in this Code, it shall be capable of being locked in the open position. The provisions for locking shall remain in place with or without the lock installed
 
COMMENT 13-116 701.12(G) <except>

COMMENT 13-116 701.12(G) <except>

I'm looking for constructive criticism on the following, and if you think it is merited, support in the form of comments from you on 13-116. Thanks, Jim Williams

4 Comment:

701.12 General Requirements.
(G) Unit Equipment.


Exception: In a separate and uninterrupted area supplied by a minimum of three normal lighting circuits that are not part of a multiwire branch circuit, a separate branch circuit for unit equipment shall be permitted if it originates from the same panelboard as that of the normal lighting circuits that are not part of a multiwire branch circuit and is provided with a lock-on feature. lockable in the closed position.


5 Statement of Problem and Substantiation.

Exactly the same text as 700.12(F)(2)(3) <except>.

Parallel the dominate ?lockable? text:

110.25 Lockable Disconnecting Means. Where a disconnecting means is required to be lockable open, elsewhere in this Code, it shall be capable of being locked in the open position. The provisions for locking shall remain in place with or without the lock installed
 
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