Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-46B - Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation › Part A - NEC INSTALLATION AMENDMENTS, STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, AND DEFINITIONS › Section 296-46B-700 - Emergency systems

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
001 Emergency systems - General.
(1) In all health or personal care facilities
				defined in this chapter, educational facilities, institutional facilities,
				hotels, motels, and places of assembly for 100 or more persons, all exit and
				emergency lights must be installed in accordance with Article 700 NEC and
				located as required in standards adopted by the state building code council
				under chapter 19.27 RCW.
007 Signs.
(2) The sign(s) required in NEC 700.7 must be
				placed at the service disconnecting means and the meter base if the service
				disconnecting means and meter base are not located within sight and within five
				feet of each other.
010 Emergency systems - Equipment
				  identification.
(3) All exit
				and emergency lights, whether or not required by the NEC, must be installed in
				accordance with Article 700 NEC.
(4) All boxes and enclosures, for Article 700
				NEC systems, larger than six inches by six inches, including transfer switches,
				generators, and power panels for emergency systems and circuits must be
				permanently identified with an identification plate that is substantially
				orange in color, except in existing health care facilities the existing
				nameplate identification color scheme can be retained for transfer switches,
				generators, and power panels for existing emergency systems that are not being
				replaced or modified. All other device and junction boxes for emergency systems
				and circuits must be substantially orange in color, both inside and
				outside.
032 Selective coordination.
(5) The requirements for selective
				coordination described in NEC 700.32 are not required where the emergency
				system was installed prior to June 1, 2006, provided that no system
				modifications, additions, deletions, or overcurrent protective devices in that
				system were replaced on or after April 1, 2024. For new emergency systems that
				are supplied from an existing emergency system installed prior to June 1, 2006,
				the new portion of the emergency system must comply with NEC 700.32. The ground
				fault sensing function of overcurrent protective devices will only be required
				to selectively coordinate with the ground fault sensing functions of other
				overcurrent protective devices.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 19.28.006,
					 19.28.010,
					 19.28.031,
					 19.28.041,
					 19.28.061,
					 19.28.101,
					 19.28.131,
					 19.28.161,
					 19.28.171,
					 19.28.191,
					 19.28.201,
					 19.28.211,
					 19.28.241,
					 19.28.251,
					 19.28.281,
					 19.28.311,
					 19.28.321,
					 19.28.400,
					 19.28.420,
					 19.28.490,
					 19.28.551. 08-24-048, §
					 296-46B-700, filed 11/25/08, effective 12/31/08; 06-24-041, § 296-46B-700,
					 filed 11/30/06, effective 12/31/06; 05-10-024, § 296-46B-700, filed
					 4/26/05, effective 6/30/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 19.28.006,
					 19.28.010,
					 19.28.031,
					 19.28.041,
					 19.28.061,
					 19.28.101,
					 19.28.131,
					 19.28.161,
					 19.28.171,
					 19.28.191,
					 19.28.201,
					 19.28.211,
					 19.28.241,
					 19.28.251,
					 19.28.271,
					 19.28.311,
					 19.28.321,
					 19.28.400,
					 19.28.420,
					 19.28.490,
					 19.28.551, 2002 c 249,
					 chapters
					 34.05 and
					 19.28 RCW. 03-09-111, §
					 296-46B-700, filed 4/22/03, effective
					 5/23/03.