Can NM cable be run exposed in a detached building? We use the 2011 NEC it seems to me that 334.15 would require it to protected from physical damage. It is a wood frames building metal siding, basically a pole barn used as a detached building in a residential area.
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NM cable exposed
- Thread starter McShan
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fatboy
Administrator
We allow it in unfinished framed walls, and above/in framed ceiling/roofs. Nailplates as required.
ICE
Oh Well
We don't...fatboy said:
mjesse
Registered User
Unless 334.15 was changed from 2008-2011, fastening NM to the side of framing, to running boards, or through holes bored in the framing can be considered "protected" from damage.
Dennis
Gold Member
IMO, it may be run exposed but it must follow the construction but it must be a building that is associated with a dwelling and not a commercial building- 334.10 The protection from damage is always an authority having jurisdiction call. In general if you follow the framing they usually allow it around here.