2830                            County Local Laws

(a)    Electrical equipment. The term "electrical equipment"
shall include electrical conductors, wiring, fittings, devices, appliances,
fixtures and apparatus.

(b)    Installation. The term "installation" shall include installa-
tion of any electrical circuit or electrical equipment or part thereof
and shall include alterations, renewals or extensions of the same.

(c)    Reasonably safe to persons and property. The phrase
"reasonably safe to persons and property" as applied to electrical
installations and electrical equipment shall mean safe to use in the
service for which the installation or equipment is intended without
unnecessary hazard to life, limb or property.

83-55. Section 210-19 Amended.

Section 210-19 of the 1968 National Electrical Code adopted by
this Chapter is hereby amended to read as follows:

210-19. Conductors. Circuit conductors shall conform to the
following:

(a)    Ampacity. Shall have an ampacity of not less than the
rating of the branch circuit and not less than the maximum load to be
served.

(b)    Minimum size. Shall not be smaller than No. 8 for ranges
of 8-3/4 kw or more rating, nor smaller than No. 14 for other loads.

(c)    Exceptions:

Exception No. 1. Range Loads. See Note 5 of Table 220-5.
Where the maximum demand of a range of 8-3/4 kw or more rating
is computed according to Column A of Table 220-5, the neutral
conductor of a three-wire branch circuit supplying a household elec-
tric range, a wall-mounted oven or a counter-mounted cooking unit
may be smaller than the ungrounded conductors but shall have an
ampacity at least 70 per cent of the ampacity of the ungrounded
conductors and shall not be smaller than No. 10.

Cable assemblies with the neutral conductor smaller than the un-
grounded conductors shall be so marked.

Exception No. 2. Tap Conductors. Tap conductors may be of
less capacity than the branch circuit rating provided no tap conductor
is of less capacity than the load to be served and provided the rating is
not less than 20 amperes for 40 or 50 ampere circuits or 15 amperes
for circuits rated less than 40 amperes and only when these tap
conductors supply either:

(a) Individual lampholders or fixtures with taps extending not
longer than 18 inches beyond any portion of the lampholder or fixture,
except as required in Section 410-65 (b-2); or,