21 NCAC 18B .0808          SCOPE OF SP‑WP LICENSE

A special restricted groundwater pump electrical contracting license (SP‑WP) authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair electric wiring only as an incident to the licensee's groundwater pump business.  Furthermore, the license authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair only wiring that is directly related to a groundwater pump and that:

(1)           is restricted to circuits or parts of circuits that operate at voltages not exceeding 600 volts, phase‑to‑phase;

(2)           is electrically isolated from the building wiring system by an overcurrent protective isolating device that:

(a)           has been installed, complete with line‑side connections, by others;

(b)           is permanently and legibly marked to identify the equipment served by the device; and

(c)           is located adjacent to the controller for the specific groundwater pump equipment involved and within an enclosure intended solely for, and limited to, serving that equipment;

(3)           originates at the load‑side terminals of the protective isolating device; and

(4)           is not installed in a location considered as hazardous under the National Electrical Code.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87‑42; 87‑43.3;

Eff. October 1, 1988;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 2, 2016.