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Elimination of Equipment Grounding Conductor to Boat Docks Proposed for Virginia

It was brought to my attention that a proposal has been submitted to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to change regulations in the Virginia Construction Code to eliminate the requirement for the circuit equipment grounding conductor to boat docks.

I believe that this is a violation of the National Electrical Code 250.4(A)(3) and 250.4(A)(5), and the basis for that can be found in my video Electrical Safety Fundamentals. Please watch this video in its entirety (1 hour, 13 minutes), and if you feel motivated, or have any feedback for or against this proposal you can contact Nicole Donaldson at DHCD, or proponents Jim Erler or Neil Harrington.

Related documents - links below:
Press Release: Electric Shock Drowning Hazards at Docks: Call to Action
Proposal to Remove Electric Shock Drowning Hazard at Residential Docks
Stray Voltage Common Around Docks
Comments

  • Dangerous and misinformed. Where do things like this come from?!

    I am not an electrician or an electrical engineer, but as a licensed Home Inspector and former GC, I follow Mike Holt religiously.

    I sent in a letter to Virginia relating a dock inspection I did last year where I detected what I suspected to be stray current at an HOA dock and instructed my client to avoid water contact and to send my report to the HOA for review and further action.

    Jim Taylor  August 10 2019, 1:39 pm EDT
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