I was referring to the difference between 334.10A1, which references 'normally dry,' 334.12B4, which uses the terminology 'wet or damp,' and 334.15C, which seems to assume that NM will be installed in crawl spaces.
We're let holding the bag, trying to discern the difference between "normally dry" and 'damp.' I pretty much figure that I can make the distinction ... but the folks at the HI forums seem to have a problem.
Consider the usual household bathroom. Damp- or 'normally dry?' Does it matter if the stuff is inside the walls?
For the pool house under discussion, the 'what if' crowd can really have a ball. Heck, 'what if' I leave my garage door open and it rains? Am I now required to wire the garage for 'damp' locations? Does moist dirt, or even standingg water, in a crawl space make it a 'damp' location? My sunroom is little more than a patio surrounded by windows- does that make the inside of it a 'damp' location?
This is exactly the issue this thread raises. Where do we stop once we start playing 'what if?'
I consider the 'pool' part of the description irrelevant. With the distances required between the receptacles and the pool, I do not consider the water from splashing or maintenance operations to be an issue. I would not, however, qualify the removable front of the pool house as being any sort of 'wall' that might allow a receptacle closer to the pool.
Of course, if someone were to assert that Article 334 needs some serious reconsideration, I would have to agree.
