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NFPA decision on new section, NEC 445.20, for small (<15kW) portable generators
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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Graham" data-source="post: 8463" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>For those of you who use smaller generators (e.g. the Honda EU6500-series) this is a relevant bit of electrical code information. It comes from my tracking for multiple months now on generators for entertainment use as a result of authorship of a series of article on portable generators for FOH magazine:<span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The NFPA posted the "short" decision on their emergency petition hearing in regards to the new NEC section, NEC 445.20. The petition was to revise the current wording of 445.20 from:</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">to</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Page with the link to the PDF of the decision is below:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><a href="http://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/standards-development-process/standards-council/agendas-minutes-and-decisions/2013-standards-council-meetings" target="_blank">2013 Standards Council meetings</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The PDF of the decision is attached: [ATTACH]158459[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I've also attached the TIA 1097 amendment requesting the grandfathering: </span>[ATTACH]158460[/ATTACH]<span style="font-family: 'arial'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The important paragraph I've quoted below (italics emphasis mine):</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">For jurisdictions that are going to rapidly adopt the new 2014 NEC code cycle, this obviously has substantial implications for many of the small generators currently in the field and used in pro audio, <em>as they (NFPA) explicitly rejected the requests for grandfathering, and the<strong> upper</strong> wording of NEC 445.20, without grandfathering of any kind, will proceed into effect for 2014 NEC.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I'll let everyone know when I see the full decision if it has more details.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil Graham, post: 8463, member: 430"] For those of you who use smaller generators (e.g. the Honda EU6500-series) this is a relevant bit of electrical code information. It comes from my tracking for multiple months now on generators for entertainment use as a result of authorship of a series of article on portable generators for FOH magazine:[FONT=arial] The NFPA posted the "short" decision on their emergency petition hearing in regards to the new NEC section, NEC 445.20. The petition was to revise the current wording of 445.20 from:[/FONT] [FONT=arial]to[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Page with the link to the PDF of the decision is below:[/FONT] [FONT=arial][URL="http://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/standards-development-process/standards-council/agendas-minutes-and-decisions/2013-standards-council-meetings"]2013 Standards Council meetings[/URL] [/FONT] [FONT=arial]The PDF of the decision is attached: [ATTACH]158459.vB5-legacyid=7936[/ATTACH] I've also attached the TIA 1097 amendment requesting the grandfathering: [/FONT][ATTACH]158460.vB5-legacyid=7937[/ATTACH][FONT=arial] The important paragraph I've quoted below (italics emphasis mine):[/FONT] [FONT=arial] [/FONT] [FONT=arial]For jurisdictions that are going to rapidly adopt the new 2014 NEC code cycle, this obviously has substantial implications for many of the small generators currently in the field and used in pro audio, [I]as they (NFPA) explicitly rejected the requests for grandfathering, and the[B] upper[/B] wording of NEC 445.20, without grandfathering of any kind, will proceed into effect for 2014 NEC.[/I] I'll let everyone know when I see the full decision if it has more details.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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