If there s any question, check with the hardware manufacturer. NEC is on the way. And, some panels already are looking at changes for 2002. Metrication to come all at once Panel six had a metrication proposal for the ampacity tables, says Mercier. The intention is to support harmonization with international codes and standards.
Metrication sounds like a good idea.
In fact, that was the problem. The Technical Correlating Committee, which reconciles changes affecting more than one panel area, was concerned about coordinating metriation strategies. The Correlating Committee wants to do metrication all at once, rather than piecemeal, says Mercier. The committee has appointed a task group to make recommendations for metrifying the entire code ready for the 2002 cycle. The first meeting of the metrication task group was in January 1998.