ECN Forum Forums Photo Discussion Forums Photos for General Discussion High Switch - Is this a Violation?

I am not sure there is a violation, exception 3 to 404.8 could cover this.


[This message has been edited by iwire (edited 08-10-2004).]

240.24(A)(4) appears to have been met as well..., also, 404.8(A) exception 2 may have been met.

Someone seems to have taken liberties with NEC Articles 362, 364, 374 and 380. Can’t imagine how receptacle overcurrent protection is handled.

It would seem to me a stretch of the imagination to consider this a "hookstick operable" switch.

I've always had trouble understanding/interpreting the situation of disconnects. We've got many accounts of discos mounted even above suspended ceilings here on the Forum.

Good Subject!!...S

Does it matter if there are fuses in the switch?

I am still not sure of the answer myself.

From the handbook


Article 100


I will assume the switch in the picture controls something that would be considered an appliance.


Article 100

I can not find a requirement that the disconnect for an appliance must be able to break the circuit with a load.

430.110 seems to require a disconnect for a motor rated to break with a load.

???????

Bob

It looks as though the feed to the disconnect is through the trough. I am not too sure I am loving the support either. Maybe there is some other means of overcurrent for the other conductors in the trough that are feeding the receptacles, and the disconnect is feeding the equipment right below it?

Pierre