RVs and the NEC
While I am probably opening a huge can of worms here, I would like to clear up a few things if possible. The NEC is really a product of the NFPA. The NEC or the Code is the National Electrical...
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D.E.Bishop wrote:
The fact that RVIA(RV Industry Association) has adopted the NEC as the recommended standard for electrical installations in RVs, it has no requirement that RV builders must follow the NEC. It is not a AHJ.
While technically correct, you wrong. LOL
It is one of those daisy-chains of bureaucracy we all love so much.
The NEC, and other items covered by various other standards by NFPA, ANSI, CSA in our case up here, they are "life safety standards".
Now, where it gets convoluted, is that the standards are national standards, but the adoption, requirement and enforcement fall to the individual States or Provinces.
Make no mistake though, that seal by the door certifying the unit as conforming to NFPA 1192 or whichever standard it's built to is most certainly a legal requirement.
