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There are still some things to hash out. For example, there is ARC fault protection.
Well lets start with what exactly has been said.
"as specified elsewhere in this Code"
So somewhere in the code, that branch circuit is required to be ARC fault protected. There's no ambiguity associated with that statement.
Where is that code section? Remember that this is an existing branch circuit that was approved when installed some years ago.
I understand the ARC fault protection that's required if this were a new installation of a branch circuit under the 2011 NEC.
This is not a new circuit...not a theoretical circuit...this is an existing approved circuit.
What I can't find is a code section that would require an existing branch circuit to be retrofitted with ARC fault protection.
If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit.
What exactly is meant by that?(4) Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection.Where a receptacle outlet is supplied by a branch circuit that requires arc-fault circuit interrupter protection as specified elsewhere in this Code,
a replacement receptacle at this outlet shall be one of the following:
(And then there are the choices of ARC fault protection)
Well lets start with what exactly has been said.
"as specified elsewhere in this Code"
So somewhere in the code, that branch circuit is required to be ARC fault protected. There's no ambiguity associated with that statement.
Where is that code section? Remember that this is an existing branch circuit that was approved when installed some years ago.
I understand the ARC fault protection that's required if this were a new installation of a branch circuit under the 2011 NEC.
This is not a new circuit...not a theoretical circuit...this is an existing approved circuit.
What I can't find is a code section that would require an existing branch circuit to be retrofitted with ARC fault protection.
If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit.
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