Hi all, first off never take anyones word for anything, including mine.
Read the code sections and make up your own minds.
This is what I see.
The scope of Article 404 states.
404.1 Scope.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all switches, switching devices, and circuit breakers where used as switches.
I look in article 100 and there is only definitions of certain kinds of switches not just the the word 'switch'
That being the case we have to use the common definition of switch which is
Switch a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit
Without a doubt a GFCI contains a switch in the form of a relay and without a doubt the test and reset buttons are also switches.
My interest is in the test and reset buttons, the internal relay IMO is not in the scope of the NEC.
The test and reset buttons are IMO switches that must conform to 404.8
Let me ask this.
If we where talking about a large piece of machinery with a factory installed disconnect switch would you find it acceptable for that factory installed disconnect switch to serve as the disconnecting means if it was 10' in the air?
Why would the test and reset buttons be treated any differently?
JMO, Bob
[This message has been edited by iwire (edited 12-04-2005).]
