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Warehouse i agree would be a waste same as it would be in a 2 car garage.But in a typical office i dont think 1 or 2 outlets is enough and i do see cords being used
 
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Wall spacing codes might not help much. As often as not, I've seen that copy machine in the middle of the office, more than a stone's throw away from a wall.

Design, planning, and customers who know where the furniture is going to sit, is what we have now right? Probably the best solution.
 
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I have to also say that it would serve no purpose to require receptacle placement in commercial.

Receptacles are placed in a home for convenience. We tend to move furniture and add appliances on a whim where in commercial we install a receptacle for a load which many times it is a dedicated circuit. If we tried to wire several receptacles on one circuit like we do in a dwelling they would be overloaded in no time. I know from experience that if we didn't have receptacles placement in a dwelling we would have extension cords everywhere. My Ex-wife would rearrange the house at least once a month, :eek: Of course it did get me to rewire the house kind of fast. How many home owners do you think would hire an electrician to install a new receptacle when they could just run down to just about any store and pick up a six pack of extension cords to go. :eek:
 
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First of all let me get this correct if all extra equipnet was pluged ito #12 AWG extension cord then no problem with fire hazard?

Secondly while on subject of extension cords and industrial together than. Let me ask this A master electrician at my work swears that any extension cord in factory must be #12 AWG or larger. I can not find this any where in code is it there? Is it a standerd from different code or is he mistaken?
 
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Originally posted by electricaldoc:

Let me ask this A master electrician at my work swears that any extension cord in factory must be #12 AWG or larger. I can not find this any where in code is it there? Is it a standerd from different code or is he mistaken?
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Perhaps he is talking about a particular factory had that requirement, but it is certainly not an NEC requirement. It is not unusual for industrial occupancies to have requirements that far exceed the NEC. However, it also does not mean that those rules apply to all industrial facilities.

The NEC does not generally apply to non-premises wiring.

Good for you for questioning and researching something you were told. :)

[ March 10, 2005, 01:25 PM: Message edited by: peter d ]
 
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