TIA Issued for 2020 NEC Regarding Equipment Connected by Cord and Plug
Pursuant to Sec. 5 of the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently issued the following Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to the 2020 edition of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code. TIA 1608 was processed by the Code-Making Panel 5 and the NEC Correlating Committee. It was issued by the Standards Council on Dec. 8, 2021, with an effective date of Dec. 28, 2021. The following revisions were issued:
1. Revise Sec. 250.114(3)e and (4)e to read as follows:
250.114 Equipment Connected by Cord and Plug. Exposed, normally non-current-carrying metal parts of cord-and-plug-connected equipment shall be connected to the equipment grounding conductor under any of the following conditions:
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(3) In residential occupancies:
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e. Portable handlamps and portable luminaires
(4) In other than residential occupancies:
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e. Portable handlamps and portable luminaires
Note: A TIA is tentative because it has not been processed through the entire standards development process. It is interim because it is effective only between editions of the standard. A TIA automatically becomes a public input of the proponent for the next edition of the standard; as such, it then is subject to all of the procedures of the standards-making process.
