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Code Quandaries, February 2010

Your most pressing National Electrical Code (NEC) questions answered. All questions and answers are based on the 2008 NEC

Mar. 25, 2010 Mike Holt for EC&M Magazine | Electrical Construction and Maintenance
Your most pressing National Electrical Code (NEC) questions answered. All questions and answers are based on the 2008 NEC

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MikeD (not verified)
on Apr 23, 2013

I have a piece of equipment that has a 600V induction heater that some times shorts out and energizes the machine. The machine is grounded and the heater is fused but dose not draw enough power to blow the fuses and the fuses are the correct size. Is this an electrocution hazard and what dose code say about this??????

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