Don’t accept any changes to the code for 10 years except repairing inconsistancies and poor language. No new rules.
This code churn is out of control and the corporate lobbiests have taken over the process. If things like tamper proof receptacles and AFCIs are such great ideas, sell them to the public like any other product. Don’t cram them down our throats by quasi-government fiat.
David: This type of suggestion should be directed to the product manufacturer and NEMA. A proposal for a revision to some rule could include the recommendation in the substantiation.
Greg and Speedy, you can develop a proposal for anything that you want to see changed, or deleted, and see what the committees say.
Have you been involved in this process in the past?
Joe, I want to see the whole process stretched out to something like a 10 year cycle. That way we have plenty of time to look at the changes before they get into the code and just maybe we won’t have all the problems with things that blind side people and have to change again the next cycle.