201.

Appliance receptacle outlets shall be installed within 1800 mm in the intended location of the
appliance.

202. A wall space include any space 600 mm or more in width and unbroken along the floorline by
doorways, fireplaces and similar opening.

203. Receptacles outlets in floors shall not be counted as part of the required number of receptacle
outlets unless located within 450 mm of the wall.

204. A receptacle outlet shall be installed at each wall counter space that is 300 mm or wider.

205. At least one receptacle outlet shall be installed at each island counterspace with a long
dimension of 600 mm or greater and a short dimension of 300 mm or greater.

206. Receptacles outlets shall be located above, but not more than 500 mm above the countertop.

207. In dwelling units , at least one receptacle outlet shall be installed in bathrooms within 900 mm of
the outside edge of each basis.

208. For a one-family dwelling and each unit of two-family dwelling that is at grade level, at least one
receptacle outlet accessible at grade level and not more than 2000 mm above grade shall be
installed at the front and back of the dwelling.

209. In dwelling units hallways of 3000 mm or more in length shall have at least one receptacle outlet.

210. Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment receptacle outlet shall be installed and
located on the same level and within 7600 mm of the equipment.

211. The feeder conductor ampacity shall not be less than of the service entrance conductor where
 the feeder conductors carry the total load supplied by the service entrance conduction with an
ampacity of 55 A or less.

212. Where the computations in branch circuit, feeder, and service calculations result in a fraction of
an ampere 0.50 or larger such fractions shall be permitted to be dropped.

213. Outlets for heavy-duty lampholders shall be computed at a minimum of 600 volt-amperes.

214. In dwelling units, for lightning load over 120000 volt-amperes the demand factor applied should
be 25 percent.

215. Sign and outline lightning outlets shall be computed at a minimum of 1200 volt-amperes for each
required branch circuit.

216. Show windows shall be computed at 660 volt-amperes per linear meter.

217. In dwelling units, for the first 3000 volt-ampere or less of lightning load, the demand factor
applied should be 100 percent.

218. For nondwelling receptacle loads a demand factor of 100% is applied for the first 10kVA or less
and 50 for the remainder over 10kVA.

219. Fixed electric heating space heating shall be computed at 100 percent of the total connected
load.

220. In each dwelling unit small appliance circuit load shall be computed at 1500 volt-amperes for
each 2-wire small appliance branch circuit.

221. For appliance load in dwelling units it shall be permissible to apply a demand factor for 75
 percent to the nameplate rating of four or more appliances fastened in places.

222. 75% is the demand factor for six electric clothes dryer total demand load.

223. Services using copper conductors shall have sufficient capacity and shall not be smaller than 8.0
2
mm .

224. Conductors must have a clearance from windows, porches, fire escapes of not less than 900
mm.

225. FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND WATER HEATERS is not an exception on the code provisions that a
building served shall be supplied by only one set of service drop.

226. SUBSET of service entrance conductors are taps from the main service conductors run to
service equipments.

227. Two or more services shall be permitted where the capacity are in excess of 2000 amperes at a
supply voltage of 600 volts or less.

228. SERVICE LATERAL is the underground service conductors between the street main and the first
point of connection to the service entrance conductor in a terminal box.

229. Underground sets of conductors, size 50 mm2 or larger running to the same location and
connected together at their supply end but not connected together at their load end shall be
considered to be one service lateral.

230. For services not over 600 volts nominal service conductors shall have a vertical clearance of
2400 mm from the roof surface.
231. Where the voltage between conductors does not exceed 300 volts, and the roof has a slope of
not less than 00 mm in 300 mm, a reduction of clearance to 900 mm shall be permitted.

232. Service drop conductors passing over a roof of a building shall be securely supported by
substantial structures. Where practicable, such supports shall be INDEPENDENT of the building.

233. Service drop conductors where not in excess of 600 volts nominal, shall have a vertical
clearance of 3000.

234. Service drop conductors where not in excess of 600 volts nominal, shall have a vertical
clearance of 4500 mm above residential property and driveways and those commercial areas not
subject to truck traffic.

235. Service drop conductors where voltage is limited to 600 volts to ground shall have a vertical
clearance of 3600 mm over residential property and driveways and those commercial areas not
subject to truck traffic.

236. Service drop conductors where not in excess of 600 volts nominal, shall have a vertical
clearance of 5500 mm over public streets, parking areas subject to traffic, and driveway on other
than a residential areas.

237. MAST is a column pole or narrow base structure of wood, steel or other material supporting
overhead conductors by means of arms or bracket.

238. The minimum size of the underground service lateral conductors shall be 8.0 mm2 copper of 14
2
mm aluminum or copper clad aluminum.

239. Service entrance cables that are not approved for mounting in contact with a building shall be
mounted on insulating supports installed at interval exceeding 4500 mm and in such a manner than
50 mm from the surface over which they pass.
240. For service exceeding 600 volts nominal service entrance conductors shall not be smaller than
8.0 mm2 unless in cable.

241. Underground service-entrance conductors shall have an ampacity of not less than 100 amperes
for one-family dwelling with six or more 2-wire branch circuits.

242. for installations to supply only limited loads of a single branch circuit, the service disconnecting
means shall have a rating not less than 15 amperes.

243. Service entrance cables shall be supported by traps and other approved means within 300 mm
of every service head, gooseneck, or connection to a raceway or enclosure at intervals not exceeding
750 mm.

244. For installations consisting of not more than two 2-wire branch circuits, the service
disconnecting means shall have a rating of not less than 30 amperes.

245. For one-family dwelling the service disconnecting means shall have a rating of not less than 100
amperes.

246. Where individual open conductors enter a building or other structure through tubes, DRIP LOOPS
shall be formed on the conductors before they enter the tubes.

247. The service disconnecting means shall be READILY ACCESSIBLE.

248. For services, exceeding 600 volts nominal entrance conductors in cable shall not be smaller than
5.5mm2.

249. Service cables shall be formed in a gooseneck and taped and painted or taped with a
self-sealing, weather-resistant THERMOPLASTIC.
250. SERVICE DROP is the overhead service conductors from the last pole or aerial support to and
including the splices, if any connecting to the service entrance conductors at the building or other
structure.

251. Where the raceway-type service masts are used, all raceway fitting shall be IDENTIFIED for use
with service masts.

252. OVERHEAD BRANCH CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS shall not be installed beneath opening through
which material may be moved. Such openings in farm and commercial buildings and shall not be
installed where they will obstruct entrance to these building openings.

253. Where two to six service disconnecting means in separate enclosure grouped at one location and
supply separate loads from one service drop or lateral ONE set of service-entrance conductors shall
be permitted to supply each or several such service equipment enclosures.

254. Wiring methods permitted for service conductors include ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING.

255. Service-drop conductors and service-entrance conductors shall be arranged so that WATER will
not enter service raceway or equipment.

256. Each service disconnecting means shall be suitable for THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS.

257. Where individual open conductors are exposed to THE WEATHER , the conductors shall be
mounted on insulator or on insulating supports attached to rack, brackets, or other approved means.

258. The additional service disconnecting means for fire pumps or for emergency, legally required
standby or optional standby services permitted by section 2.30.6.2 (b) shall be installed sufficiently
remote from the one to six service disconnecting means for normal service to minimize the
possibility of SIMULTANEOUS interruption of supply.

259. Where the service disconnecting means is power-operated circuit breaker, it shall be able to be
 opened by hand in the event of a SHORT-CIRCUIT.

260. Service heads must be located ABOVE THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT.

261. Where the service disconnecting means consists of more than one switch or circuit breaker, the
combined ratings of all the switches or circuit breakers used SHALL NOT BE LESS than the rating
required by section 2.30.6.10.

262. A building or structure shall be supplied by a maximum of ONE service.

263. In a multiple-occupancy building, each occupant shall have access to his or her own SERVICE
DISCONNECTING MEANS.

264. Service-lateral conductors are required to be insulated (except the grounded conductor) when it
is BARE COPPER IN A RACEWAY AND BARE COPPER AND PART OF A ASSEMBLY THAT IS
IDENTIFIED FOR UNDERGROUND USE.

265. Service heads for service raceways shall be RAINTIGHT.

266. Where necessary to prevent tampering, an automatic overcurrent protection device protecting
service conductors supplying only a specific conductors supplying only a specific load, such as a
water heater, shall be permitted to be LOCKED OR SEALED where located so as to be accessible.

267. The maximum setting the ground-fault protection in a service disconnecting means shall be
1200 amperes.

268. Ground-fault protection that functions to open the service disconnecting means WILL NOT
protect(s) service conductors or the service disconnecting means.
269. For services exceeding 600 volts, nominal cable tray systems shall be permitted to support
cables identified as SERVICE-ENTRANCE conductors.

270. Branch circuit and feeder conductors shall not be installed in the same RACEWAY OR CABLE
with service conductors.

271. The VERTICAL clearances of all service drop conductors shall be based on a conductor
temperature of 60˚C , no wind, with final unloaded sag in the wire, conductor, or cable.

272. There shall be no more than SIX disconnects installed for each service , or for each set of service
entrance conductors as permitted.

273. The service disconnecting means shall plainly indicate whether it is in the OPEN OR CLOSED
position.

274. Service-entrance conductors are required to be installed except when they are BARE COPPER IN
A RACEWAY, BARE COPPER AND PART OF A ASSEMBLY THAT IS IDENTIFIED FOR UNDERGROUND
USE.

275. Where individual open conductors are not exposed to the weather, the conductors shall be
mounted on GLASS OR PORCELAIN knobs.

276. ABOVE THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT is where the service head must be located.

277. Where the service disconnecting means is mounted on a switchboard having exposed busbars
on the back, a raceway shall be permitted to terminate at a BUSHING.

278. In a multi-occupancy building, each occupant shall have access to its own service
DISCONNECTING MEANS.
279. Service conductors shall be connected to the disconnecting means by CLAMP.

280. Circuits used only for the operation of fire alarm other protective signaling systems, or the supply
to fire pump equipment shall be permitted to be connected on the SUPPLY SIDE of the service
overcurrent protection device where separately provided with overcurrent protection.

281. Each UNGROUNDED service conductor shall have overload protection.

282. Open conductors run individually as service drops shall be COVERED.

283. Where the service overcurrent devices are locked or sealed, or not readily accessible to the
OCCUPANT, the branch circuit overcurrent devices shall be located in a readily accessible location.

284. Where a service mast is used for the support of service drop conductors, it shall be of adequate
strength or be supported by BRACES OR GUYS.

285. The rating of the service disconnecting means is considered to be the rating of the largest FUSE
that can be installed or the highest continuous current trip setting for which the actual overcurrent
protection device installed in a circuit breaker I rated or can be adjusted.

286. To prevent the entrance of moisture, service-entrance conductors shall be connected to the
service drop conductors BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE TERMINATION OF THE SERVICE-ENTRANCE
CABLE SHEATH AND BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SERVICE HEAD.

287. The vertical clearances of all service-drop conductors shall be based on conductor temperature
of 60 degrees C, no wind, with final unloaded sag in the wire, conductor, or cable.

288. Service heads conductors shall be RAINTIGHT.

289. The service conductors shall be connected to the service disconnecting means by CLAMPS AND
PRESSURE CONNECTORS or other approved means.

290. Underground service conductors between the street main and the first point of connection to the
service entrance is known as the service LATERAL.

291. Service conductors shall be attached to the disconnecting means by pressure connectors,
clamps or other approved means, except connections that depend on SOLDER.

292. The two-wire DC system operating at 50 volts or less or at over 300 volts between conductors
may not be grounded.

293. HEALTH CARE FACILITIES circuits shall not be grounded.

294. Plate electrodes shall be installed not less than 760 mm below the surface of the earth.

295. Metal raceways, enclosures, frames, and other non-current carrying metal parts of equipment
shall be kept at least 1900 mm away from the lightning rod conductors.

296. A main bonding jumper shall be any of WIRE, BUS OR SCREW.

297. Non-current carrying metal parts of cord and plug-connected equipment, where required to be
grounded, shall be grounded by means of METAL ENCLOSURE, GROUNDING CONDUCTORS OR
FLEXIBLE WIRE OR STRAP.

298. Rod and pipe electrodes shall not be less than 2400 mm in length.

299. Frames of ranges and clothes dryers shall be grounded using a ground conductor not smaller
than 5.5 mm2 copper or 8.0mm2 aluminum.
300. The equipment bonding jumper shall not be required to be larger than the circuit conductors
supplying the equipment but shall not be smaller than 2 mm2.