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Ohio Reverts back to the 2005 NEC, but does it end there?
 

 

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Subject - Ohio Reverts back to the 2005 NEC, but does it end there?

April 4, 2008
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Ohio Reverts back to the 2005 NEC, but does it end there? Image

 

Because of the cost of AFCI's and tamper resistant receptacles, an executive order was enacted to revert back to the 2005 NEC from the previously adopted 2008 edition. By my estimates, AFCI's and tamper resistance receptacle requirements in the 2008 will increase the cost of electrical contraction for a single family home by about $1000. Now that the Home Builders are becoming aware of the increase in cost of a dwelling unit, states are taking the following actions as it relates to the 2008 NEC:

(1) Not adopting the 2008 NEC

(2) Adopt the 2008 NEC, without AFCI requirements

(3) Revert back to the 2005 NEC if 2008 edition was adopted

 

Click here or on the image above to view the executive order pdf.

 

See NEMA Code Alerts - http://www.nema.org/stds/fieldreps/codealerts/

 

 

 
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  • I agree that the NFPA estimates for complying with the 08 code are far lower than will be the case in the real world. Add in a 'cascade effect' (additional panels, etc.), and I see the real cost as being well above the $3-$400 asserted in a recent code update class. Say, by an order of ten.

    Cost, however, is not the issue. Despite patronizing appeals to emotion (how much is one life worth?) .... that is NOT the function of the NEC. As Article 90 makes clear, the NEC is a minimum, practical safety ... and not a design code. I believe that the changes in the 08 edition exceed this mandate.

    More invidious has been the spread of an attitude that it is necessary for locales to explain their failure to adopt a model code. This has it completely backwards ... it is for the NFPA, and anyone else, to justify themselves to AHJ. The decision is for the AHJ, in complete conformance with the CONSTITUTIONAL political process, make.

    "We won't make it / can't make it affordable without a guaranteed mass market" is pure hubris. Pick nearly any item you can see ... and it was developed, made, and marketed without any such guarantees. There is no reason for a special set of rules to be developed just for NEMA.

    Reno Steinke
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