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I am being picky here cos it looks a good job, do you think the conductors into the new box are correctly contained.Good point. This went in just before the latest regs.
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I am being picky here cos it looks a good job, do you think the conductors into the new box are correctly contained.Good point. This went in just before the latest regs.
If a door from a room leads away from a hazard to a place or route of safety it is deemed an escape route and from the picture I suspect it does.
Steel saddles are a solution and easy to retrofit.As it has a closer I suspect it is an escape route. But why worry about the wiring with a flat screen TV mounted above the door? I'd worry more about that falling on my head as a fireman..
Would some metal conduit clamps over the plastic above the door be enough to be compliant?
When ever I read Pat H's threads I always get the feeling we are not being told the whole story.........
What story do you want?
I'm not buzlightyear I'm afaid. Whoever that is.
Good point. This went in just before the latest regs.
On more than 1 occasion, in threads, its become clear after numerous replies that you eventually provide additional useful information.....
Your house or an unsuspecting customers?
Sorry Pat I shouldn't have Posted that.What story do you want?
I'm not buzlightyear I'm afaid. Whoever that is.
Sorry Pat I shouldn't have Posted that.
I am being picky here cos it looks a good job, do you think the conductors into the new box are correctly contained.
Like a said being picky but there is no containment for the conductors between the existing back box and the new box aside from butting them together.
Why does it need containment out of interest? You wouldn't put containment between a flush box and thermostat/programmer back plate for example IMO its a similar scenario.It is nothing to do with earthing but the containment of conductors between the two.
Using that definition, that would mean every room in any property in every premise is part of an escape route? I'm not sure about that.If a door from a room leads away from a hazard to a place or route of safety it is deemed an escape route and from the picture I suspect it does.
The conductors stop at the accessory and are contained within the back box. In this instance although as I said being picky they pass between enclosures . Would you butt up two conduit terminal boxes through a thin partition without some forms of bush. I agree in this instance it is an air space but it is that space where containment is absent.Why does it need containment out of interest? You wouldn't put containment between a flush box and thermostat/programmer back plate for example IMO its a similar scenario.
Give me an instance where a door may not be an escape route. If you have passed through it there may be a requirement for you to pass back through it an emergency situation, even the door to a toilet cubicle. You are sitting on the loo and the fire alarm goes off that cubicle door is your escape route, far fetched but true.Using that definition, that would mean every room in any property in every premise is part of an escape route? I'm not sure about that.
No absence of containment. The building structure is permitted to form part of the enclosure....I agree in this instance it is an air space but it is that space where containment is absent.
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