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    Gregg Harris replied to the thread 13 Amps at the Ground Plate.
    Do you know the answer, or are you looking for suggestions? Multiple scenarios can be the cause. I have several scenarios if needed.
  • arwat23
    arwat23 replied to the thread Ramp requirements for outdoor platform for small concert..
    Not the OP, but a contractor I work with ran into a similar problem when looking for a temporary ramp a few years ago. Permanent...
  • Joe.B
    Joe.B replied to the thread 13 Amps at the Ground Plate.
    Yup, I'm thinking someone wired up a subpanel like it was a main.
  • Joe.B
    Joe.B reacted to wwhitney's post in the thread 13 Amps at the Ground Plate with Like Like.
    A grounded conductor that has two different bonds to ground, putting part of the grounding system in parallel with the grounded...
  • W
    wwhitney replied to the thread 13 Amps at the Ground Plate.
    A grounded conductor that has two different bonds to ground, putting part of the grounding system in parallel with the grounded...
  • jar546
    jar546 reacted to RLGA's post in the thread ATRIUMS with Like Like.
    It would be an atrium. The code allows two-story volumes without complying with the atrium requirements, so using a fire door in at...
  • RLGA
    RLGA replied to the thread ATRIUMS.
    It would be an atrium. The code allows two-story volumes without complying with the atrium requirements, so using a fire door in at...
  • jar546
    jar546 posted the thread 13 Amps at the Ground Plate in Building Trades Contractor Topics.
    Explain this!
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    Redmund replied to the thread Mixed occupancies needed in R-2 congregate residences?.
    The lounge and dining room are actually fairly small, less than 750 sq ft., so I was looking at them as being 'B' occupancies (i.e.: if...
  • BN4537
    BN4537 reacted to klarenbeek's post in the thread 2024 I-Codes? with Like Like.
    The change that I really don't like is they got rid of the bars and arrows in the margins showing where changes were made. Instead, you...
  • K
    klarenbeek replied to the thread 2024 I-Codes?.
    The change that I really don't like is they got rid of the bars and arrows in the margins showing where changes were made. Instead, you...
  • jar546
    jar546 replied to the thread Inspector Field Devices.
    We use MGO, otherwise known as My Government Online, which is not really a company but a government agency that created a software for...
  • Joe.B
    Joe.B replied to the thread Wood heated Spa.
    Does the circulation pump have an equipment grounding conductor? Is it plugged into a GFCI protected outlet? If yes to both of those I...
  • Mr. Inspector
    Mr. Inspector replied to the thread Wood heated Spa.
    How should they bond the wood stove? Should I worry about the copper wire melting?
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    PETER CIRILLO posted the thread ATRIUMS in Commercial Building Codes.
    In a three-story building Type VA construction, I would like to create an opening (6' x 6') connecting the first, second and third floor...
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