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626 Electrified
Truck
Parking Space Equipment
What's Wrong
Here?
Code Q&A
Code Quiz
Report on Comments
Coming Soon
Electric
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Top 2008 Code Changes
626 Electrified Truck Parking Space
Equipment
By Mike Holt
A new Article was added to cover the electrical
installation requirements for conductors and equipment that connect
trucks and transport refrigerated units to electric power within an
electrified parking space. This issue was driven by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has been pressing the
transportation industry to reduce the idling of trucks at truck stops
so
as to reduce air pollution and the use of millions of gallons of fuel
each year. The intent of this article is to provide an electrical
standard for the transportation industry.
The new Article covers the electrical conductors and equipment
external to the truck or transport refrigerated unit that connect
trucks
and transport refrigerated units to a supply of electricity, and the
installation of equipment and devices related to electrical
installations within an electrified truck parking space.
A truck parking space is a location with an electrical system that
allows truckers to "plug in" their vehicles while stopped, and use
off-board power sources in order to operate onboard systems such as
air-conditioning, heating, and appliances, without any engine idling.
An electrified truck parking space may also include dedicated
parking
areas for heavy-duty trucks at travel plazas, warehouses, shipper and
consignee yards, depot facilities, border crossings, etc. It does not
include areas such as the shoulders of on- and off-highway ramps and
access roads, camping and recreational vehicle sites, residential and
commercial parking areas used for automotive parking, or other areas
where AC power is provided solely for the purpose of connecting
automotive and other light electrical loads, such as engine block
heaters and at private residences.
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Code Challenge
What's Wrong Here?
By Joe Tedesco
Think you know how this installation violates the
NEC?
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Hint: What's missing? It's not the fuse.
Code Q&A
By Mike Holt
Q. Does the code require GFCI-type receptacles
anywhere, or can you use GFCI breakers for all required GFCI locations?
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Code Quiz
By Steven Owen
Cables for use in Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3
remote-control, signaling, and power-limited circuits shall have all
but
which of the following markings on the cables? Disregard any
exception(s).
- The maximum rated voltage.
- The proper type letter or letters for the type of wire or cable as
specified elsewhere in the Code.
- The manufacturer’s name, trademark, or other distinctive marking
by which the organization responsible for the product can be readily
identified.
- The AWG size or circular mil area.
- Cable assemblies, where the neutral conductor is smaller than the
ungrounded conductors, shall be so marked.
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Code News Update
Report on Comments Coming
Soon
As noted in the January/February issue of NFPA
News, the 2009 Annual Revision Cycle Report on Comments will
be available for review on February 20. You can download a copy of the
report from the NFPA Web site
once it's posted. If you'd like to comment on any of the information
you
see in this report, you must submit a Notice of Intent to Make a Motion
by April 3.
Here are a few of the NFPA documents that should have reports
appearing in this revision cycle.
- NFPA 72-2007, National Fire Alarm Code
- NFPA 110-2005, Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems
- NFPA 111-2005, Standard on Stored Electrical Energy Emergency and
Standby Power Systems
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- One- and Two-Family Dwelling Unit Electrical Systems
- Changes to the 2008 NEC
- Swimming Pools and Similar Installations (NEC Article 680)
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