Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 15 - INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEMS › Rule 2 - Indiana Mobile Structures Code › Section 2-90 - Power supply

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-13
Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 22-15
Sec. 90.
(a) The
				mobile structure service equipment shall be located adjacent to the mobile
				structure and not mounted in or on the mobile structure. The power supply to
				the mobile structure shall be a feeder assembly consisting of not more than one
				(1) mobile home power-supply cord rated fifty (50) amperes, or a permanently
				installed circuit.
EXCEPTION: A mobile structure that is factory-equipped with
				  gas or oil-fired central heating equipment and cooking appliances shall be
				  permitted to be provided with a mobile or manufactured home power-supply cord
				  rated forty (40) amperes.
(b) If the mobile structure has a
				power-supply cord, it shall be permanently attached to the distribution
				panelboard or to a junction box permanently connected to the distribution
				panelboard, with the free end terminating in an attachment plug cap.
(c) Cord with adapters and pigtail ends,
				extension cord, and similar items shall not be attached to, or shipped with, a
				mobile structure.
(d) A suitable
				clamp or the equivalent shall be provided at the distribution panelboard
				knockout to afford strain relief for the cord to prevent strain from being
				transmitted to the terminals when the power-supply cord is handled in its
				intended manner.
(e) The cord shall
				be of an approved type with four (4) conductors, one (1) of which shall be
				identified by a continuous green color or a continuous green color with one (1)
				or more yellow stripes for use as the grounding conductor.
(f) The attachment plug cap shall be a
				3-pole, 4-wire grounding type, rated fifty (50) amperes 125/250 volts with a
				configuration and intended for use with the fifty (50) ampere, 125/250
				receptacle configuration. It shall be molded of butyl rubber, neoprene, or
				other approved materials which have been found suitable for the purpose and
				shall be molded to the flexible cord so that it adheres tightly to the cord at
				the point where the cord enters the attachment-plug cap. If a right angle cap
				is used, the configuration shall be so oriented that the grounding member is
				farthest from the cord.
NOTE: Complete details of the 50-ampere cap and receptacle
				  can be found in the Indiana Electrical Code (675 IAC
				  17-1
[675 IAC
				  17-1 was repealed filed Feb 17, 1987, 3:15 p.m.: 10 IR
				  1389, eff Mar 1, 1987 [ IC 4-22-2-36 suspends the effectiveness of a rule
				  document for thirty (30) days after filing with the secretary of state. LSA
				  Document #86-153 was filed Feb 17, 1987.].]
).
(g) The overall length of a power-supply
				cord, measured from the end of the cord including bared leads, to the face of
				the attachment-plug cap shall not be less than twenty-one feet (21') and shall
				not exceed thirty-six and one-half feet (36 1/2'). The length of cord from the
				face of the attachment-plug cap to the point where the cord enters the mobile
				structure shall not be less than twenty feet (20').
(h) The power-supply cord shall bear the
				following marking: "For use with mobile homes-40-amperes" or "For use with
				mobile or manufactured homes-50 amperes."
(i) The point of entrance of the feeder
				assembly to the mobile structure shall be in the exterior wall, floor, or
				roof
(j) Where the calculated load
				exceeds fifty (50) amperes or where a permanent feeder is used, the supply
				shall be by means of
(1) one (1) mast
				weatherhead installation in accordance with Article 230 of the Indiana
				Electrical Code (675 IAC 17-1
[675 IAC 17-1 was repealed filed
				Feb 17, 1987, 3:15 p.m.: 10 IR 1389, eff Mar 1, 1987 [ IC
				4-22-2-36 suspends the
				effectiveness of a rule document for thirty (30) days after filing with the
				secretary of state. LSA Document #86-153 was filed Feb 17, 1987.].]
),
				containing four (4) continuous insulated, color-coded feeder conductors, one
				(1) of which shall be an equipment grounding conductor; or
(2) a metal raceway from the disconnecting
				means in the mobile structure to the underside of the mobile structure with
				provisions for the attachment of a suitable junction box or fitting to the
				raceway on the underside of the mobile structure (with or without conductors as
				in (j)).