Transeant Voltage Power Taps Required?

[ssadvis]

Our facility was recently sited for not having transeant voltage power taps on electronic equipment. Is this required by the NEC? If so what is the reasoning behide this and where can I find it in the code?:-?

 

[dereckbc]

Not a NEC requirement, it is a design issue.

 

[coulter]

What's a "transient voltage power tap"?

carl

 

[Lxnxjxhx]

What's a "transient voltage power tap"?

What's a "transient voltage power tap"?

Ditto. What be that, mon?

 

[ssadvis]

Sorry for the misspelled word. A transient voltage power tap is a powerstrip with a surg suppressor.

 

[Ragin Cajun]

WHO was it that "sited" you??

Certainly not in the NEC or anything else I can think of unless it's a "plant" thing.

RC

 

[acrwc10]

Sorry for the misspelled word. A transient voltage power tap is a powerstrip with a surg suppressor.

Just My Opinion , power strip surge suppressors are a waste of money. If you need surge arrestors you need to start at the main and then to the distribution panels.

 

[ssadvis]

We were sited by Penn Dept of Health, Life Safety Devision. They based their findings on NEC 9.1.2.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

We were sited by Penn Dept of Health, Life Safety Devision. They based their findings on NEC 9.1.2.

There is no such section in the NEC.

 

[coulter]

The spelling didn't bother me.So you are talking about a standard looking multi-receptacle strip with some MOVs and a 6'foot cord.

Is so, that's interesting, cause using those, perminately installed feeding cord and plug equipment, is likely against code.

carl

 

[kpepin]

Just out of curiosity, what type of facility is it? They may be siting another NFPA document and not the NEC (NFPA 70).

 

[ssadvis]

Carl

Which code would this be against. Could give me a referance point.

Thanks

 

[coulter]

...Which code would this be against. Could give me a referance point. ...

Relocatable Power Taps UL 1363
1 Scope

1.1 These requirements cover cord-connected, relocatable power taps rated 250 V AC or less and 20 A AC or less. A relocatable power tap (RPT) is intended only for indoor use as a temporary extension of a grounding alternating-current branch circuit for general use.

http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1363.html

edit: Check the link. There are some exceptions
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I have never had any AHJ squawks about having a relocatable power tap under a desk with a desktop computer and auxiliaries connected to it. However, they usually mind having an RPT in a com/server room with a equipment essentially permanently plugged into it. They have said that a chapter 3 wiring method needs to be put in - install receptacles to where the equipment cords will reach.

Also see 400.7, 400.8.1

carl