[Amps] 220V wiring: Was Question about safety ground connection

[R.Measures]

On Nov 17, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Gudguyham at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 11/17/2005 12:45:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> johna8119-amps at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Maybe  the NEC is run by the same type of folks.
>
> John
> w4kv
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>
>
> If anyone would like the address to where you can write the NEC for a 
> code
> change or ammendment,  I would be glad to supply that information.  As 
>  I
> recall they welcome people's insight for electrical safety.  The  
> electrical code
> book is updated every 3 years.  The next one is due in  2008.  However 
> some
> states are as many as 2 cycles behind and others are  right on as the 
> new books
> come out.  The next thing we will be discussing  is the "arc-fault" 
> circuit
> breaker tribulations that will eventually crop up on  the newer homes 
> being built.

As I understand it, arc-fault circuit breakers detect the RF energy 
from the arc and switch off the circuit.  For amateur radio operators, 
this "improvement" should be even more interesting than GFI breakers.
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org