hmmm, well...i DO get the impression that there is way more of a $$$ influence invovled than anything else.
I've also been informed that the NM rule was not always around....and that the 'substaintiation' for the change was apparently more $$$$ based than one centering on saftey...
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Any older 'precode'* electricians care to comment???
* well maybe that's not the correct word, but U get the idea...