Reference to NFPA 70B?

[zog]

Can anyone tell me what the 2005 NEC says about maintenance requirements and following the NFPA 70B? Or any reference to the 70B for that matter.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I did a search for NFPA 70B and there are no hits. The NEC is not a maintenance document in general. I am sure you know it is an installation type document. I believe because of documents like NFPA 70B and others like it, there would be no need to add this to an already large and growing document.

 

[bdarnell]

The only reference to 70B that I found is in the Handbook commentary:

The NEC is prepared by the National Electrical Code Committee, which consists of a Technical Correlating Committee and 20 code-making panels. The code-making panels have specific subject responsibility within the Code. The scope of the National Electrical Code Committee follows:
This committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on minimizing the risk of electricity as a source of electric shock and as a potential ignition source of fires and explosions. It shall also be responsible for text to minimize the propagation of fire and explosions due to electrical installations.
In addition to its overall responsibility for the National Electrical Code, the Technical Correlating Committee is responsible for the Electrical Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (NFPA 70A) and for the correlation of Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance (NFPA 70B), Standard for Electrical Safety Requirements for Employee Workplaces (NFPA 70E), Electrical Inspection Code for Existing Dwellings (NFPA 73), and Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery (NFPA 79).

 

[zog]

Thanks for your replies, I had someone tell me the 2005 code required following the 70B but I could not find anything. You have confirmed my skeptisim.