GA Code Amendments

[jbfan74]

Received an email today with the amendments to the GA electrical code.

http://www.nema.org/stds/fieldreps/codealerts/20081114ga.cfm

The code is effective from 1-1-09

The amendment on arc faults ends on 1-1-2010

 

[brantmacga]

i've got some e-mails somewhere from a guy on the code advisory board for GA. the original amendments did not include an exclusion of arc-fault protection, but a member of the voting board persuaded everyone else to vote against keeping arc-faults because he felt not enough electricians knew how to properly troubleshoot "nuissance tripping".

also, from the link:

(b) The circuit conductors between the branch circuit overcurrent device and the arc-fault circuit interrupter shall be installed in a neutral raceway or a cable with a metallic sheath.

i'm almost certain in the official copy i got, it says "metal raceway" and not "neutral".

 

[jbfan74]

I went back to the alert from July 30th and did not see anything about a netural or metal raceway.
Nice catch.

http://www.nema.org/stds/fieldreps/codealerts/20080730ga.cfm