Things to watch for

The red-flag page. What the court has shown wrong, what it holds back on safety grounds, and the field doctrine that has held up — read it before the rough-in, not after the callback.

Shown wrong — do not work this way

Shown wrong · ED-16-R1

REFUTED — IDEC's no-SCCR position as applied to its own 30 A SSR (thread 2559098 post #11, the manufacturer's support/product management, quoted verbatim). Vendor lane +0 (a vendor on its own wares). Rebutted from the manufacturer's own UL listing (NMFT2.E194577, Motor Controllers), which classifies the device as a power controller; the landed listing anchor at ED-16 M4 converted the cap to a formal refutation on classification grounds. Two limits ride with it: the firsthand capture of the listing entry is still owed, and the thread's 5 kA SCCR figure does not appear in the public listing excerpt and is not listing-established. The vendor's general rule — true control-circuit devices need no SCCR — is NOT refuted; it is correct for its scope and is preserved inside ED-16 M4's statement.

Shown wrong · ED-18-M2-Limb-A

REFUTED — the 210.12(E) line-side reading (thread 2583767 post #5). Shop 2, points kept. Refuted in-thread by ED-18 M2 Limb B on the section's own text (the exception measures extension of the branch-circuit conductors, supply side included), and the refutation was accepted by its own proponent on rereading (post #7). Capped below Limb B (Shop 3). What survives, at its true weight: the poster's report that an AHJ permitted the practice in his case — a reported local practice, a fact about one AHJ's counter, not a reading of the section.

Shown wrong · ED-9-R1

REFUTED — the Div 2 “2-inch rule” (thread 25474 post #5). Shop 2, points kept. Refuted in-thread by ED-9 M5's correction: the 2-inch rule is a Division 1 sealing rule (501.15(A)(2)), not a Division 2 box rule — the rule's own location refutes it, and the corrected poster accepted the correction in-thread. Capped below the correction.

Retired · ED-9-R2

RETIRED to permanent relay status — the Crouse-Hinds wire-nut position (ED-9 M6). A manufacturer's statement about its own field, quoted second-hand by a poster: vendor lane +0, never anchored. The document hunt read Eaton's own Code Digest substantially in search of the position; “wire nut” appears nowhere in it. No further hunts run unless Crouse-Hinds publishes the position. Filed as the position ED-9 M4's practitioners independently reach.

Held on safety grounds

These entries stand in the register as descriptions of doctrine and practice — never as steps for energized work. Two are held outright.

Safety-held · ED-1-race

ED-1 · race member — The AFCI race: a plug-in tester's hot-to-ground fault presents an arc signature the upstream AFCI acts on before the GFCI's differential detection completes (Pass 1 member, thread 2586144 WI-1 second half)

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-1-workarounds

ED-1 · workarounds member — Workarounds when an inspector insists on plug-in testing: temporary plain breaker for the test, or dual-function breaker + standard duplex (SAFETY-HELD for bench review)

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-10-M1

ED-10 · M1 — three-question framework

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-12-M2

ED-12 · M2 — editing-oversight / PI

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-12-M5

ED-12 · M5 — the NEC doesn't protect equipment

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-12-M7

ED-12 · M7 — the hooks that exist

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-13-M1

ED-13 · M1 — 517.13 structure

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-13-M2

ED-13 · M2 — same-route redundant EGC

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-14-M1

ED-14 · M1 — #8 ring geometry

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-14-M5

ED-14 · M5 — A pump switch's bell box takes its EGC connection; it does not need a connection to the equipotential bonding grid

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-16-M5

ED-16 · M5 — Recognized ≠ stand-alone

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-17-M2

ED-17 · M2 — touch-it-you-own-it split, CONTESTED

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-17-M3

ED-17 · M3 — the contract shield

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-2-Limb-D

ED-2 · Limb D — Corroborating checks: current on the CATV/phone bonds betrays a compromised service neutral; do not accept the utility's unloaded no-find — press for a loaded meter test (the "beast of burden")

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-3-M10

ED-3 · M10 — The MCA back-out: a nameplate MCA embeds 125% of the unit's largest motor; subtract that 25% per unit, add 125% of the group's largest motor once — never stack the factor unit over unit

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-3-M6-Limb-A

ED-3 · M6 Limb A — 220.83 reading, CONTESTED; its refusal limb is the same voice

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-4-M1

ED-4 · M1 — mechanism, not intention

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-5-M1

ED-5 · M1 — Rapid-shutdown initiation need not act as one: up to six switches, grouped and labeled as rapid-shutdown switches, by analogy to service-disconnect grouping

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-5-M5

ED-5 · M5 — proximity ≠ compliance

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-7-M3

ED-7 · M3 — spare-breaker directory duty

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-8-M1

ED-8 · M1 — three load classes, one switch per class

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Safety-held · ED-8-M4

ED-8 · M4 — 702.5 enforcement gap

Shop 4 · Doc 0 · Total 4. Band: Building (3–5).

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (compact docket line)

Field doctrine that has held up

Both lanes high · ED-1-Limb-B

ED-1 · Limb B — The manufacturer's test button is the GFCI test; plug-in testers are not listed for testing GFCIs

Shop 10 · Doc 5 · Total 15. Band: Both lanes high.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Both lanes high); anchor: ◆ Leviton SmartlockPro instructions, `manufacturer_document`

Both lanes high · ED-1-Limb-A

ED-1 · Limb A — A plug-in tester cannot trip a GFCI where no EGC exists

Shop 7 · Doc 5 · Total 12. Band: Both lanes high.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Both lanes high); anchor: Sperry VD7504GFI Operating Instructions, `manufacturer_document`, hunt 25

Shop corroborated · ED-15-M3

ED-15 · M3 — Marina feeder compliance runs through a ground-fault monitor + shunt-trip breaker; no 100 mA snap-in breaker exists at that size

Shop 8 · Doc 0 · Total 8. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-20-M1

ED-20 · M1 — The 230.85(3) marking keeps the inside panel the service disconnect: OCP allowed outside, 3-wire service-conductor feed, bonding and GECs stay inside

Shop 8 · Doc 0 · Total 8. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-11-M2

ED-11 · M2 — An SLC may not share a raceway with a 120 V circuit — with the reported troubles to prove the point

Shop 7 · Doc 0 · Total 7. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-16-M2-Limb-A

ED-16 · M2 Limb A — Field fuses do not cure a low SCCR label; impedance or rebuild are the remedies

Shop 7 · Doc 0 · Total 7. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-4-M9

ED-4 · M9 — The 2023 NEC's 625.44 permits 60 A receptacles for EVSE (125/250 V, four-wire only)

Shop 7 · Doc 0 · Total 7. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-17-M1

ED-17 · M1 — An AHJ is not bound by a prior erroneous approval; the fix-it duty runs to the owner, the paperwork lands on your permit

Shop 6 · Doc 0 · Total 6. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-17-M5

ED-17 · M5 — The paper-shield playbook: timestamped photos, a certified letter scoping your work in the job folder, scope language on the final certificate

Shop 6 · Doc 0 · Total 6. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-19-M1

ED-19 · M1 — A locked gate does not defeat "readily accessible" as the definition is written

Shop 6 · Doc 0 · Total 6. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-2-Limb-A

ED-2 · Limb A — The lost-neutral signature and load-test pattern

Shop 6 · Doc 0 · Total 6. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

Shop corroborated · ED-3-M11

ED-3 · M11 — 2023 NEC 220.50(B) routes hermetic A/C loads through Article 440 Part IV; the 25% lands once per group

Shop 6 · Doc 0 · Total 6. Band: Shop lane ≥6.

Provenance: convergence-pass-7-increment.md §2 (Shop lane ≥6)

The full weighed record is the electrical docket. State pages carry their own watch items — a partial record's open gate is the first thing to watch for in that state.

Reference only. Compiled from the cited official sources as of the date shown; adoptions and rules change. Confirm with the authority having jurisdiction before designing or permitting work.