Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 15 - INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEMS › Rule 2 - Indiana Mobile Structures Code › Section 2-89 - Definitions for electrical standards

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. 89.
"Accessible (as applied to equipment)" means admitting close
				  approach because not guarded by locked doors, elevation, or other effective
				  means (see "readily accessible").
"Accessible (as applied to writing
[sic.]
methods)" means capable of being removed or exposed without damaging
				  the mobile structure or its finish, or not permanently closed-in by the
				  structure or the finish of the mobile structure (see "concealed" and
				  "exposed").
"Air conditioning or comfort cooling equipment" means all of
				  that equipment intended or installed for the purpose of processing the
				  treatment of air so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity,
				  cleanliness, and distribution to meet the requirements of the conditioned
				  space.
"Appliance, fixed" means an appliance which is fastened or
				  otherwise secured at a specific location.
"Appliance, portable" means an appliance which is actually
				  moved or can easily be moved from one place to another in normal use.
NOTE: For the purpose of this code use the following major
				  appliances other than built-in are considered portable if cord- connected:
				  refrigerators, gas range equipment, clothes washers, dishwashers without
				  booster heaters, or other similar appliances.
"Appliance, stationary" means an appliance which is not
				  easily moved from one place to another in normal use.
"Attachment plug (plug cap)" means a device which, by
				  insertion in a receptacle, establishes connection between the conductors of the
				  attached flexible cord and the conductors connected permanently to the
				  receptacle.
"Bonding" means the permanent joining of metallic parts to
				  form an electrically conductive path which will assure electrical continuity
				  and the capacity to conduct safely any current likely to be imposed.
"Branch circuit" means the circuit conductors between the
				  final over-current device protecting the circuit and the outlet(s).
NOTE: A device not approved for branch circuit protection,
				  such as a thermal cut-out or motor overload protective device, is not
				  considered as the overcurrent device protecting the circuit.
"Branch circuit-appliance" means a branch circuit supplying
				  energy to one or more outlets to which appliances are to be connected; such
				  circuits to have no permanently connected lighting fixtures not a part of an
				  appliance.
"Branch circuit-general purpose" means a branch circuit that
				  supplies a number of outlets for lighting and appliances.
"Cabinet" means an enclosure designed either for surface or
				  flush mounting, and provided with a frame, mat, or trim in which swinging doors
				  are hung.
"Circuit breaker" means a device designed to open and close a
				  circuit by nonautomatic means, and to open the circuit automatically on a
				  predetermined overload of current without injury to itself when properly
				  applied within its rating.
"Concealed" means rendered inaccessible by the structure or
				  finish of the mobile structure. Wires in concealed raceways are considered
				  concealed, even though they may become accessible by withdrawing them. (See
				  "accessible as applied to wiring methods").
"Connector pressure (solderless)" means a device that
				  establishes a connection between two or more conductors or between one or more
				  conductors and a terminal by means of mechanical pressure and without the use
				  of solder.
"Dead front (as applied to switches, circuit-breakers,
				  switchboards, and distribution panelboard)" means so designed, constructed, and
				  installed that no current-carrying parts are normally exposed.
"Demand factor" means the ratio of the maximum demand of a
				  system, or part of a system, to the total connected load of a system, or the
				  part of the system under consideration.
"Device" means a unit of an electrical system that is
				  intended to carry but not utilize electrical energy.
"Disconnecting means" means a device, or group of devices, or
				  other means by which the conductors of a circuit can be disconnected from their
				  source of supply.
"Enclosed" means surrounded by a case that will prevent a
				  person from accidently contacting live parts.
"Equipment" means a general term, including material,
				  fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, apparatus, and the like used as a part
				  of, or in connection with, an electrical installation.
"Exposed (as applied to live parts)" means capable of being
				  inadvertently touched or approached nearer than a safe distance by a person. It
				  is applied to parts not suitably guarded, isolated, or insulated (see
				  "accessible" and "concealed").
"Exposed (as applied to wiring method)" means on or attached
				  to the surface or behind panels designed to allow access (see "accessible as
				  applied to wiring methods").
"Externally operable" means capable of being operated without
				  exposing the operator to contact with live parts.
"Feeder assembly" means the overhead or underchassis feeder
				  conductors, including the grounding conductor, together with the necessary
				  fittings and equipment, or a power supply cord approved for mobile structure
				  use, designed for the purpose of delivering energy from the source of
				  electrical supply to the distribution panel board within the mobile
				  structure.
"Fitting" means an accessory, such as a locknut, bushing, or
				  other part of a wiring system, that is intended primarily to perform a
				  mechanical rather than an electrical function.
"Ground" means a conducting connection, whether intentional
				  or accidental, between an electrical circuit or equipment and earth, or to some
				  conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
"Grounded" means connected to earth or to some conducting
				  body that serves in place of the earth.
"Grounded conductor" means a system or circuit conductor that
				  is intentionally grounded.
"Grounding conductor" means a conductor used to connect
				  equipment or the grounded circuit of a wiring system to a grounding electrode
				  or electrodes.
"Guarded" means covered, shielded, fenced, enclosed, or
				  otherwise protected by means of suitable covers, casings, barriers, rails,
				  screens, mats or platforms to remove the likelihood of approach or contact by
				  persons or objects to a point of danger.
"Isolated" means not readily accessible to persons unless
				  special means for access are used.
"Lighting outlet" means an outlet intended for the direct
				  connection of a lampholder, a lighting fixture, or a pendant cord terminating
				  in a lampholder.
"Outlet" mens a point on the wiring system at which current
				  is taken to supply utilization equipment.
"Panelboard" means a single panel or group of panel units
				  designed for assembly in the form of a single panel; including buses, automatic
				  overcurrent protective devices, and with or without switches for the control of
				  light, heat, or power circuits; designed to be placed in a cabinet or cutout
				  box placed in or against a wall or partition and accessible only from the
				  front.
"Raceway" means an enclosed channel designed expressly for
				  holding wires, cables, or busbars with additional functions as permitted in
				  this code.
NOTE: Raceways may be of metal or insulating material, and
				  the term includes rigid metal conduit, rigid nonmetallic conduit, intermediate
				  metal conduit, liquidtight flexible metal conduit, flexible metallic tubing,
				  flexible metal conduit, electrical nonmetallic tubing, electrical metallic
				  tubing, underfloor raceways, cellular concrete floor raceways, cellular metal
				  floor raceways, surface raceways, wireways, and busways.
"Raintight" means so constructed or protected that exposure
				  to a beating rain will not result in the entrance of water under specified test
				  conditions.
"Readily accessible" means capable of being reached quickly
				  for operation, renewal, or inspections, without requiring those to whom ready
				  access is requisite to climb over or remove obstacles or to resort to portable
				  ladders, chairs, etc. (see "accessible").
"Receptacle" means a contact device installed at the outlet
				  for the connection of a single attachment plug.
NOTE: A single receptacle is a single contact device with no
				  other contact device on the same yoke. A multiple receptacle is a single device
				  containing two or more receptacles.
"Receptacle outlet" means an outlet where one or more
				  receptacles are installed.
"Utilization equipment" means equipment which utilizes
				  electric energy for mechanical, chemical, hearing, lighting, or similar
				  purposes.
"Voltage (of a circuit)" means the greatest root-mean-square
				  (effective) difference of potential between any two (2) conductors of the
				  circuit concerned.
NOTE: Some systems, such as three-phase four-wire, and
				  three-wire direct-current may have various circuits of various voltages.
"Weatherproof" means so constructed or protected that
				  exposure to the weather will not interfere with successful operation.
Rainproof, raintight, or watertight equipment can fulfill
				  the requirements for weatherproof where varying weather conditions other than
				  wetness, such as snow, ice, dust, or temperature extremes, are not a
				  factor.