Hospital grade ?

[chicar]

I'm working in a outpatient center. A piece of equipment calls for a 220V 20 amp disconnect surface mounted on wall. Disconnect will feed a recept that the equipment shall plug into. The problem is that all the plugs in this room are hospital grade. We checked and our suppliers told us no 220V 20 amp single recept is hospital grade. If the recept is a single, dedicated to this equipment, not accesible to personnel because locatied behind equipment,shouldn't this recept be exemt of being hospital grade ?

 

[Strife]

Well.... NEC also allows for "nonexistant" things. So if it doesn't exists I guess you're right.
However, I don't think that'll get you off the hook with the "redundant" ground.... Splice them together, or something.... :-(

I'm working in a outpatient center. A piece of equipment calls for a 220V 20 amp disconnect surface mounted on wall. Disconnect will feed a recept that the equipment shall plug into. The problem is that all the plugs in this room are hospital grade. We checked and our suppliers told us no 220V 20 amp single recept is hospital grade. If the recept is a single, dedicated to this equipment, not accesible to personnel because locatied behind equipment,shouldn't this recept be exemt of being hospital grade ?

 

[chicar]

Well.... NEC also allows for "nonexistant" things. So if it doesn't exists I guess you're right.
However, I don't think that'll get you off the hook with the "redundant" ground.... Splice them together, or something.... :-(




I don't understand.

 

[raider1]

What room or area is this receptacle located? Not all receptacles in a health care facility are required to be hospital grade.

Chris

 

[chicar]

This room is considered patient care. I thought a single recept that is not acessable would be ok. Why isn't there any recept this style made health care ?

 

[roger]

This room is considered patient care. I thought a single recept that is not acessable would be ok. Why isn't there any recept this style made health care ?

Hubbell and Bryant (same company basically) both make 15 and 20 amp 250volt HG receptacles.

Roger

 

[chicar]

Thanks, I will look them up.