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    Theft pays.

    I know of severely companies in the Washington Dc area with the same attitude. A statement made by an owner to me when I pointed out a customer that had 7 dehumidifiers replaced " I do not care how many call backs we have, It gives us one more opportunity in front of the customer to sell...
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    goofy ground clamps

    250.96 Bonding Other Enclosures. (A) General. Metal raceways, cable trays, cable armor, cable sheath, enclosures, frames, fittings, and other metal non– current-carrying parts that are to serve as grounding conductors, with or without the use of supplementary equipment grounding conductors...
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    Class 1 circuit for Mini-Split

    That is what I asked in post 15
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    Paint contamination.

    I have never seen white lock-tight before!
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    Class 1 circuit for Mini-Split

    wouldn't a multi- story apartment building not be a one or two family dwelling? For one- and two-family dwelling units, Type TC-ER-JP cable containing conductors for both power and control circuits shall be permitted for branch circuits and feeders. Type TC-ER-JP cable used as interior wiring...
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    Class 1 circuit for Mini-Split

    take a look at section 300 Securing and supporting cables
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    Chicken or the egg?

    I have represented 7 of the major ac manufactures and have worked on the majority of the others and have never seen 6'' on any. What most people and quite a few installation companies fail to comprehend is that the minimum clearances are there to allow the equipment to run efficiently. Above...
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    How close can you install a cadet wall heater to a bathtub?

    Cadet Engineer Dragos Craciun said. In other words, if you follow our clearance requirements, hook up your heater to the proper power source and use them in conjunction with the correct parts as intended, your heater meets the UL safety standards. I believe the verbiage in the instructions was...
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    Chicken or the egg?

    I would be willing to bet you the installation instructions has at least an 18 inch clearance from each side . and NEC 110.26 A should come into play.
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    It's only plumbing!

    threaded fittings being unions, compression couplings, flare fittings.
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    Return air grill location

    It does not appear that there is enough combustion air in the closet. If the door has a seal around it you would be good to go.
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    Humor4U

    It appears the juice is flowing from one half of the outlet, I wonder if 210.7 c applies
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    Class 1 circuit for Mini-Split

    Look at 334.10 for prohibited uses of nm wiring methods. determine what building classification in NFPA 220 table 3-11 and that might give you your answer. When rejected AHJ should quote code violation for you.
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    Can you use a reduced pressure principal backflow preventer?

    the last sentence would dictate the requirement, would it not? if non potable external water source is used by fire department. When system is not under constant pressure an air gap or atmospheric vacuum breaker can be used. 608.17.4.1
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    Replacing Panelboard in Existing Structure

    As long as working space for the panel clearance is provided it should be fine.
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    supply or return duct smoke detector

    The other factor that is involved is the return air velocity is slower than the supply and can be sensed by the detector more easily.
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    Equipment room corrosion

    Controlling the water temperature and humidity ratio will help to mitigate the corrosion.
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    Humidity control in tight houses

    If your run times are that low the probability that your HVAC contractor has not done there job.Have a true manual J run on the house and determine what your latent and sensible heat loads are. You will probably find your system is over sized causing short run times leading to excess humidity.
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    Where Lightning Protection Meets Grounding and Bonding

    yes NEC 250.19a
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    Shower Inspection Issues

    How many homes actually have 80 psi to worry about. r
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    Code Compliant Water Heater?

    creative to say the least
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    gas pipe sleeve or not?

    If it was enclosed on 4 sides I would say yes, but 3 would allow for dilution if a leak were to occur.
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    gas pipe sleeve or not?

    would you not consider the columns to be part of the foundation? IFGC 404 .6
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    Green Ground Screws

    No not required to be green for bonding to box. The bonding screw in the box is not a wiring device terminal, Only specification for screw to be green is main bonding jumper 250.28B
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    The Most Commonly Found Electrical Violation During Construction

    # 6 can be misconstrued as over sized when only looking at wire size and max circuit breaker sizing as covered in 440.22 not to exceed 225% at 86 degree ambient. Most common issues I have found is that the distance voltage drop is not calculated and wire is undersized.
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