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Our interpretation of NEC 550 for a manufactured home or a mobile home as defined in the definition 550.2? . . .and designed to be used as a dwelling unit. . .?, would meet the criteria of a single family dwelling.

Our interpretation of NEC 551.2 for a "travel trailer" defined in the definition ?A vehicular unit, mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, travel, or camping use, . . . ? is that it is designed for temporary use.

According to the NEC Code, could you consider a travel trailer to be a single-family dwelling? If not, under what circumstances, if any, could you consider a travel trailer a single-family dwelling?
 
akjohnson said:
.....According to the NEC Code, could you consider a travel trailer to be a single-family dwelling? If not, under what circumstances, if any, could you consider a travel trailer a single-family dwelling?
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Remove the axles.
 
480sparky said:
Remove the axles.
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Sorry, that doesn't cut it. HUD defines the 'mobile homes' and removing the axles doesn't have anything to do with their definition. The NEC is trumped by the rule of federal supremacy. :)
 
charlie said:
Sorry, that doesn't cut it. HUD defines the 'mobile homes' and removing the axles doesn't have anything to do with their definition. The NEC is trumped by the rule of federal supremacy. :)
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HUD lives by the 93 code. When ever I look a manufactured home, I look for the HUD 24 stamp and then go away, cause there ain't nothin' I can do about how it's wired.
I guess that the govt. dosen't want the less fortunate people to be as safe as evearyone else. :roll:
 
According to the NEC Code, could you consider a travel trailer to be a single-family dwelling? If not, under what circumstances, if any, could you consider a travel trailer a single-family dwelling?[/QUOTE]

Maybe, if you put a foundation under it and took the axels off.
 
Hendrix said:
Maybe, if you put a foundation under it and took the axels off.
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If I remember right, that is the key, at least here in NC. We have a modular and one of the things that set it apart, as far as NEC guidelines, was the fact that it was on permanent foundation.
 
akjohnson said:
Our interpretation of NEC 550 for a manufactured home or a mobile home as defined in the definition 550.2? . . .and designed to be used as a dwelling unit. . .?, would meet the criteria of a single family dwelling.

Our interpretation of NEC 551.2 for a "travel trailer" defined in the definition ?A vehicular unit, mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, travel, or camping use, . . . ? is that it is designed for temporary use.

According to the NEC Code, could you consider a travel trailer to be a single-family dwelling? If not, under what circumstances, if any, could you consider a travel trailer a single-family dwelling?
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Manufactured homes, which include mobile homes, are regulated by 24 CFR Part 3280 and more specifically, with regard to electrical systems, Subpart I-Electrical Systems 3280.1 through 3280.816. This federal rule takes precedence over state rules and refers to the National Electrical Code 2005 Edition. As stated in 3280.801, "Wherever the requirements of this standard differ from the National Electrical Code, these standards apply".

Yet with regard to the NEC, there is similarity in language from 24 CFR Part 3280 and its definition of "dwelling unit" and the definition contained within the 2005 NEC.

For an example, however, of how these standards do conflict, take a look at 2005 NEC, 550.11(A) prohibiting a distribution panelboard from being located within a bathroom or clothes closet. This is negated with respect to clothes closets by the following provision found at 3280.804(f) which reads: "The distribution panelboard shall not be located in a bathroom, or in any other inaccessible location, but shall be permitted just inside a closet entry if the location is such that a clear space of 6 inches to easily ignitable materials is maintained in front of the distribution panelboard, and the distribution panelboard door can be extended to its full open position (at least 90 degrees)."

Even if the 1999 NEC were to be used, the earlier edition of 24 CFR negates the wording with respect to clothes closets found at 550-6(a).

Private and public inspectors lack authority to waive rules in this regard.:smile:
 
Basically, mobile homes, travel trailers, and similar are inspected at the factory appliances that are field wired to connect. :)
 
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