How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn’t identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Can you identify the specific Code violation(s) in this photo? Note: Submitted comments must include specific references from the 2023 NEC.
Hint: Is this a linen closet?
Tell Them What They've Won…
Using the 2023 NEC, correctly identify the Code violation(s) in this month's photo — in 200 words or less — and you could win a $25 Amazon gift card. E-mail your response, including your name and mailing address, to [email protected], and Russ will select one winner (excluding manufacturers and prior winners) at random from the correct submissions. Note that submissions without an address will not be eligible to win.
July Winner
This month’s winner was Tim O’Donnell, an automation and effects system designer for Sight & Sound of Branson, Mo. Tim knew that installers need to be more careful than this when making bends in electrical metallic tubing (EMT).
Section 358.24(A) states in part, “Bends shall be made so that the tubing is not damaged, and the internal diameter of the tubing is not effectively reduced.” I think we all might agree that the diameter of this raceway is definitely reduced at the portion where it is kinked. Pulling conductors or cables through that kinked portion could damage the cable jacket or conductor insulation. Per Sec. 300.17, installing or withdrawing conductors or cables in raceways must be done in a manner that will not damage the cables, conductors, or their insulation.
