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Dry or damp?

My vote is for damp location NEC definitions
Location, Damp. Locations protected from weather and not subject to saturation with water or other liquids but subject to moderate degrees of moisture. Examples of such locations include partially protected locations under canopies, marquees, roofed open porches, and like locations, and interior locations subject to moderate degrees of moisture, such as some basements, some barns, and some cold-storage warehouses.
 
“partially protected locations under canopies, marquees, roofed open porches, and like locations, and interior locations subject to moderate degrees of moisture, such as some basements, some barns, and some cold-storage warehouses.”

What does partially protected mean? Does LED make a difference in the calculation? What manufacturer makes devices for damp locations?
 
Gregg Harris said:
Location, Damp. . . . roofed open porches
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I take that to refer to wiring exposed within the user portion of the roofed open porch, and so possibly directly exposed to moisture from the side. Whereas I understand the OP to be about wiring in the porch's "attic," which would not be so exposed, and hence would be a dry location. Like any other attic.

Cheers, Wayne
 
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