Prints that "sneak" loads that should be Article 702 onto the Article 700 systems.

We get prints with panel schedules that show just the right loads in the emergency panel, so at plan review it goes unnoticed.

But as the job progress we find things in the notes "bring to spare breaker in emergency panel" these will be loads like registers, security rooms, computer equipment.

One job even had a nice detail sheet of coming out of an 277 volt exit signs to a small 277 to 120 volt transformer to power the alarms on the panic hardware at exit doors.


Bob Badger
Construction & Maintenance Electrician
Massachusetts