stuartdmc said:
I?m away from any code books at this time; does anyone care to elaborate on what the sections referres to? I would appreciate it.
It's 2:30am and I can't sleep... Sure, I'll look 'em up, you can read in the AM.
210.3 -- just says that circuit rating is based on OCPD, not wire size. Not germane to your issue AFAICS.
210.19(A)(1) -- 125% (80%) continuous load rule. You've already examined this (mentally, without having to read the text).
210.23(A)(1) -- any one piece of cord & plug utilization equipment can't exceed 80%. Not an issue here unless "they" come up with a 1920kva espresso maker.
210.23(A)(2) -- total rating of "fastened in place" utilization equipment can't exceed 50%. Will the espresso maker be bolted onto the countertop/desk? :-? Clearly "fastened in place" would apply to disposals and the like. I would view it as a stretch to apply it to something that is merely secured in order to keep it from walking away at checkout time, but it ain't my call:smile:
It is worth noting, however, that the phrase "permanently connected" is
not used -- so out in the field there may be an interpretive distinction between the two that would make "fastened in place" apply to decidedly non-permanent cord-and-plug items. I'd be willing to bet you could get Pierre, cowboy, et al to venture opinions on that.
Another thought (caveat: completely uninhibited by knowledge of hotel construction)...
If you have a fridge in the room and an espresso maker on a countertop (I typically see them on the vanity outside the bathroom in hotels that do not have suites, otherwise it is in the kitchenette), will the AHJ require them to be on an SABC? If so, wouldn't you then be required to have the minimum two SABCs anyway? See 210.52(B)(1). Or to put the fridge on a dedicated (aka "individual") branch circuit? See Exception #2.
I don't see an exception for hotel rooms to the 2 SABC rule. How much kitchen-like equipment can you put into a hotel room before it becomes a "kitchen... or similar area of a dwelling unit"??
