running boards in basement

As I recall the requirement for boring or running boards was originally for unfinished basements.
I remember them for receptacles and switches on block basement walls, and the cables were always stapled to the face of the board, not the edges.

I haven't been able to find an example pic yet, but we can all picture it.
 
True but If I am going the length of the house with several cables I am not doing all that drilling.
then you need to run them in some sort of chase, on running boards or in raceways. Ampacity adjustments do apply if you don't maintain spacing of small enough "bundles" in any of those methods.
 
then you need to run them in some sort of chase, on running boards or in raceways. Ampacity adjustments do apply if you don't maintain spacing of small enough "bundles" in any of those methods.
Some sort of chase. is like saying some sort of wire. the more i rescarch this the less i know. some one from the nec should address this !
 
Some sort of chase. is like saying some sort of wire. the more i rescarch this the less i know. some one from the nec should address this !
The conduit is cheap and easy though. This in 1 1/2. That is room for a bunch of residential circuits. And if you want to add a circuit it's big enough to just push a piece of NM through. How large is this circuit?

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.... some one from the nec should address this !
It doesn't work that way...you can get a Formal Interpretation from the NFPA on a rule in the NEC but it is a long process, many months, and you must submit your question in a way that it can be answered "yes" or "no".
For subjective rules like this the only answer is the one from your AHJ.
 
I am running Romex on running boards screwed to the bottom edge of the floor joists. No need for derating they are not bundled. Where I do go through drilled holes in the joists I keep the # of single conductors below 8.
 
It doesn't work that way...you can get a Formal Interpretation from the NFPA on a rule in the NEC but it is a long process, many months, and you must submit your question in a way that it can be answered "yes" or "no".
For subjective rules like this the only answer is the one from your AHJ.
My ahj is a moron . like many others !
 
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