[TowerTalk] Parallel conduits

Tom Rauch W8JI@contesting.com
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:34:40 -0400


> Besides the safety reason (is there a better reason?)
> there is the financial aspect - your insurance company
> may not pay if they suspect your installation didn't
> follow NEC for something like this.

I believe that needless and silly but very real problem is negated if 
he used an isolation device of some sort to feed the wires and does 
not make them a branch of the electrical wiring of the house.

NEC does not apply to devices or wiring that plugs in to an 
approved outlet, such as power supplies or other equipment. 

I know from personal experience in an inspection there was nothing 
said about my station and bench wiring, nor wiring that supplied 
voltages outdoors, because the stuff "plugged in". I was warned by 
the inspector to never permanently connect it to the primary wiring, 
or it would not pass. Their concern is up to the outlet, not beyond.


73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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