allenwayne
Senior Member
Re: NM in Liquidtite
What it comes down to is rather simple.There is nothing in any part of article 350 that says that LFNC and the fittings aren`t sufficent to keep the infiltration of moisture or liquids out and that when installed outdoors they need conductors rated for wet locations installed.
PVC as we have agreed when installed under ground/slabbed are required to have wet location conductors installed.But if we mount it outside on a wall,post or whatever the need for wet location conductors goes by the wayside.
Is it possible for moisture/condensation to infiltrate pvc or LFNC in my opinion I would have to say yes.But my opinion or anyone else that feels that way isn`t what we have to heed to.
There has been an old post of mine in which I expressed my disatisfaction with an inspector for tagging a job for nm in a slab.I guess I posted my thoughts wrong,I was not b$%#$ing about getting tagged or having to comply with what was in the code.Granted the conductors should have been UF.My gripe was that this all came out of the blue. Rough ins were at the rate of 30 a week in this particular community where this came to light.The practice even though wrong was allowed for over 300 homes and all of a sudden there were 20 $30.00 red tags in one day.All the inspector had to do was key me up on nextel and the whole thing coud have been remedied really easy.This was one inspector that like the 8 others was told at a meeting to enforce the article.The other 8 gave curtosy shout outs and the situation was taken care of right then and there.I guess one apple spoiled the whole bunch for me.
What it comes down to is rather simple.There is nothing in any part of article 350 that says that LFNC and the fittings aren`t sufficent to keep the infiltration of moisture or liquids out and that when installed outdoors they need conductors rated for wet locations installed.
PVC as we have agreed when installed under ground/slabbed are required to have wet location conductors installed.But if we mount it outside on a wall,post or whatever the need for wet location conductors goes by the wayside.
Is it possible for moisture/condensation to infiltrate pvc or LFNC in my opinion I would have to say yes.But my opinion or anyone else that feels that way isn`t what we have to heed to.
There has been an old post of mine in which I expressed my disatisfaction with an inspector for tagging a job for nm in a slab.I guess I posted my thoughts wrong,I was not b$%#$ing about getting tagged or having to comply with what was in the code.Granted the conductors should have been UF.My gripe was that this all came out of the blue. Rough ins were at the rate of 30 a week in this particular community where this came to light.The practice even though wrong was allowed for over 300 homes and all of a sudden there were 20 $30.00 red tags in one day.All the inspector had to do was key me up on nextel and the whole thing coud have been remedied really easy.This was one inspector that like the 8 others was told at a meeting to enforce the article.The other 8 gave curtosy shout outs and the situation was taken care of right then and there.I guess one apple spoiled the whole bunch for me.
