Operating room receptacles.........

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There is a code(I thought) that said you could have a non-isolated ground receptacle in an OR room for emergency purposes incase the isolation panel fails as long as it is labeled 'for emergency purposes only'. Please help it'll be appreciated.

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Scott
 
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Scott
The only thing I see in 517 is that you can have other recpticales in that room for xray equipmetn but they cannot interchange with the the isolated panel reptacles.
 
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Since you need critical and normal power in an OR, wouldn't you have two isolation supplies? It seems like it would be a rare occurance for the isolation panel to fail at the same time a power outage occurs.


Steve
 
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typically no there is not both normal and emergency in the OR just a source probably fed from the Critical branch of the essential system
 
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Caj, In NC there must be both Normal and Critical Isolated systems, this is per NEC 517.19(A) and the definition of "Patient Bed Location"
or the bed or procedure table in a critical care area.
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Roger
 
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The hospital said that it was required at the time and I 'thought I looked it up. Now I can't find where I read it and I've looked in NFPA 99, AIA Healthcare, NEC, Boca and IEEE...so I think I'm losing it and I never read it, but I'd swear I did.

Thanks for the info guys
 
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