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I wrote up a double tapped breaker the seller call an electrician to correct the breaker. What he did was to take the extra wire off the breaker and splice it back to the wire that was left on the breaker. I still called this a double tapped breaker. Where can I find a code to back me up or am I wrong?
Thanks Toby Johnson South Carolina |
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You can find the code in the NEC.
The Elecrician is correct |
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Marc D. Shunk is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
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Toby,
What the electrician did was create a pigtail from the (2) circuits that were sharing that breaker...and now simply have a single conductor going to the breaker now to remove the double tap issue. Now....sure it does not remove the fact this breaker is controling (2) different circuits ( as it did before )...or (1) larger one now........but regardless of that nothing against that in the NEC.....the NEC does not tell you DIRECTLY how many things can be on a given circuit......while it gives us guidelines and so on and we can do the MATH to come to a conclussion..... What the Electrician did was compliant..... Oh...I wanted to add this.....in case you all see this be sure that the pigtail itself is equal or exceeds the rating of the conductors it is pigtailed too. Paul W. Abernathy,CMI,CPI,CME National Electrical Code Expert Electrical & Fire Protection Systems Code Supervisor- Alexandria,VA Weekly Live Radio Show :http://en.1000mikes.com/show/the_electrical_guru Weekly Chat on Wednesdays -7:30 PM E.S.T * Get my 13 hour commentary audio CD for the book "How to Perform Electrical Inspections" 2007 InterNACHI Member of the Year Last edited by pabernathy; 4/18/07 at 6:38 PM.. |
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Sorry marc......I was typing while you were answering....
Paul W. Abernathy,CMI,CPI,CME National Electrical Code Expert Electrical & Fire Protection Systems Code Supervisor- Alexandria,VA Weekly Live Radio Show :http://en.1000mikes.com/show/the_electrical_guru Weekly Chat on Wednesdays -7:30 PM E.S.T * Get my 13 hour commentary audio CD for the book "How to Perform Electrical Inspections" 2007 InterNACHI Member of the Year |
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Thanks Paul and Marc,
I knew you could do this if the wires were cut short but not with two different circuits. I'm glad you got back to me before I put my foot in my mouth. Thanks, Toby |
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Paul W. Abernathy,CMI,CPI,CME National Electrical Code Expert Electrical & Fire Protection Systems Code Supervisor- Alexandria,VA Weekly Live Radio Show :http://en.1000mikes.com/show/the_electrical_guru Weekly Chat on Wednesdays -7:30 PM E.S.T * Get my 13 hour commentary audio CD for the book "How to Perform Electrical Inspections" 2007 InterNACHI Member of the Year |
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