Is this legal to do in a kitchen?
https://expirebox.com/download/580ca440783b2dd59a277bf2c6c6e982.html
https://expirebox.com/download/580ca440783b2dd59a277bf2c6c6e982.html
Works but Legal? Code?
- Thread starter tearapin
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Kaizen
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Sorry bud I'm not downloading it. Post a pic
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Vintage Veloce
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Really, you want us to download a file from some random site?
No one with any concerns about viruses will do this.
Post a picture.
No one with any concerns about viruses will do this.
Post a picture.
ishiboo
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Current NEC requires a switch leg to have a neutral. But breaking the hot with a switch is how it's normally done.
EOC_Jason
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BillK
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Isn't that what the white wire is in his diagram ???
rburke65
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I have twisted a lot of wires in my day and it looks ok to me.
LS6 Tommy
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IIRC it would be OK unless for some odd reason the neutral came from a different panel/service than the hot...
Tommy
Tommy
ssdave
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That looks like the safe way to wire a switch to me. I was taught to switch things that way. If you switch the neutral, the device appears to not be hot. If a person tries to disconnect the device, they're unknowingly working with a hot wire.
If you switch the hot, if the device is not operating, it isn't hot. Much safer from a maintenance standpoint.
Edit:
Okay, enough about common sense. Here's Code:
404.2(B) of NEC specifies that a switch cannot disconnect the grounded conductor (neutral) of a circuit.
So, code requires the hot to be switched, as per the diagram.
Here's a link to learn more:
http://ecmweb.com/content/everything-you-need-know-about-switches-and-more
If you switch the hot, if the device is not operating, it isn't hot. Much safer from a maintenance standpoint.
Edit:
Okay, enough about common sense. Here's Code:
404.2(B) of NEC specifies that a switch cannot disconnect the grounded conductor (neutral) of a circuit.
So, code requires the hot to be switched, as per the diagram.
Here's a link to learn more:
http://ecmweb.com/content/everything-you-need-know-about-switches-and-more
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John in OH
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I guess I'm missing the point of the OP's question ....
Switching is/should always be done on the "hot" leg.
Switching is/should always be done on the "hot" leg.
Vintage Veloce
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I'm not an electrician, and perhaps it isn't required, but I'd want the thing grounded (regardless of how it is connected to the plumbing),
Sorry about the pic. I do not know how to post them here. Thanks to the person who reposted.
One side would be a 3 prong standard AC outlet. I would ground it to the disposal. Then would come the switch where I would break the hot. I am not sure if I have to cover the AC cord somehow? I would have wire up to the switch (on the cabinet) and back down to the disposal. 1 wire, the black or hot,
It is in Boise Idaho by the way.
To run the switch up to the wall in this case would be painful. Currently the thing uses a 70 dollar air switch. That replacement "ain't" happenin'.
One side would be a 3 prong standard AC outlet. I would ground it to the disposal. Then would come the switch where I would break the hot. I am not sure if I have to cover the AC cord somehow? I would have wire up to the switch (on the cabinet) and back down to the disposal. 1 wire, the black or hot,
It is in Boise Idaho by the way.
To run the switch up to the wall in this case would be painful. Currently the thing uses a 70 dollar air switch. That replacement "ain't" happenin'.