Bill:
The last sentence is new in both sections, so that situation was not considered before the 2002 NEC. I found that the sentence is missing in the RMC article in my copy of the 2002 NEC, and the vertical rule is also missing in the IMC article. In addition the NEC CD Master PDF file is with the vertical rule in one section, but not in the other because of missing words.
I expect that we will see errata sheets on this soon from NFPA.
In the meantime I now have my copy of the NFC Fire Codes update CD and the corrections were made.
As far as the actual situation, this was found on a parking lot surface and the subject of EGC came to mind and the fact that the fitting was not designed to be used this way, and there were tripping hazards as well. Tom's points are well taken and it would violate 300.10.
[This message has been edited by Joe Tedesco (edited 11-18-2001).]
