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Section/Paragraph: 225.19(D)(3)
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225.19 Clearances from Buildings for Conductors of Not over 1000 Volts, Nominal.
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(D) Final Spans.
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(3) Building Openings.
The overhead branch-circuit and feeder conductors shall not be installed beneath openings through which materials may be moved, such as openings in farm and commercial buildings, and shall not be installed where they obstruct entrance to these buildings? building openings.
Substantiation
This is the only instance of s? in the phrase building openings. The phrase building openings appears in 225.19(D)(3), 230.9(C) twice, 230.24(C), and 830.44(E). The phrases should all be the same as they have the same meaning. [s? appears 14 other times in the NEC with other nouns.]
The NEC_StyleManual 3.3.5 states: Parallel construction means stating similar requirements in similar ways for greater consistency. This helps makes the NEC clear for users. Lack of consistency often creates confusion, causing users to ask: Does this difference in wording represent a different requirement? Or is it simply two different ways of trying to say the same thing? ....
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225.19 Clearances from Buildings for Conductors of Not over 1000 Volts, Nominal.
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(D) Final Spans.
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(3) Building Openings.
The overhead branch-circuit and feeder conductors shall not be installed beneath openings through which materials may be moved, such as openings in farm and commercial buildings, and shall not be installed where they obstruct entrance to these buildings? building openings.
Substantiation
This is the only instance of s? in the phrase building openings. The phrase building openings appears in 225.19(D)(3), 230.9(C) twice, 230.24(C), and 830.44(E). The phrases should all be the same as they have the same meaning. [s? appears 14 other times in the NEC with other nouns.]
The NEC_StyleManual 3.3.5 states: Parallel construction means stating similar requirements in similar ways for greater consistency. This helps makes the NEC clear for users. Lack of consistency often creates confusion, causing users to ask: Does this difference in wording represent a different requirement? Or is it simply two different ways of trying to say the same thing? ....
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