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
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.
