cribside80
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Today at work, I got into a discussion with a co-worker about the question of whether or not you are required to bond a snap switch (or any other type of switch for that matter) to the metal enclosure in which it is installed.
He said that it was not a requirement. I agreed that it had not been a requirement in the past, but that at some point (I thought it was the 2002 NEC), all that changed, making it now a requirement to bond switches to their respective enclosures.
So far, I am coming up with: I am wrong. If that is the case, I am willing to admit it. But, I could have sworn that the rules changed at some point.
What is puzzling to me is the idea that receptacles must be bonded to their enclosures but not switches. I don't see the difference functionally.
Anyone have any ideas?
He said that it was not a requirement. I agreed that it had not been a requirement in the past, but that at some point (I thought it was the 2002 NEC), all that changed, making it now a requirement to bond switches to their respective enclosures.
So far, I am coming up with: I am wrong. If that is the case, I am willing to admit it. But, I could have sworn that the rules changed at some point.
What is puzzling to me is the idea that receptacles must be bonded to their enclosures but not switches. I don't see the difference functionally.
Anyone have any ideas?
