MA amendments.

680.4. Delete this requirement.

680.8. Insert an informational note ahead of 680.8(A) as follows:

Informational Note: Unlisted swimming pool pump motors have been observed in the field as having been supplied by their manufacturer with undersized cords, cords of excessive length, cord connectors on outdoor applications that are unsuitable for wet locations, and other violations of this Code. The fact that a manufacturer may supply them in this form does not excuse compliance with the rules of this Code.

Listed storable swimming pool pump motors with long factory-supplied cords are prominently marked as such and are not covered in Part II of Article 680. They are not manufactured for use with permanently installed pools and they need not be bonded where used as intended. See 680.31.

680.23(F)(1). Wiring Methods. Revise the requirement to read as follows: Branch circuit wiring on the supply side of enclosures and junction boxes connected to underwater luminaires and running in corrosive, wet, or below-grade locations shall comply with 680.14 or shall be liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit. Wiring methods in dry, noncorrosive locations within or on buildings shall be selected and run in accordance with the applicable requirements in Chapter 3. Wiring in all locations shall include an insulated or covered equipment grounding conductor of a wire type, sized in accordance with 250.122 but not smaller than 12 AWG.

(Exception unchanged from the NEC^®.)

680.26(B)(2)(b). Insert an additional paragraph to follow the five item list and reading as follows: “This method shall only be permitted for above-ground pools.”

680.74(A). Delete numbered paragraphs (3), (4), and (5). Delete Exception No. 1 and Exception No. 3, and designate Exception No. 2 as Exception.

690.31(D)(2). Revise the second sentence of the second paragraph to read as follows: The labels shall be reflective, all letters shall be capitalized, and the letters shall have a minimum height of 9.5 mm (⅜ in.) in white on a red background.

690.56. Insert the following Informational Note after the section title and before 690.56(A):

Informational Note: The Massachusetts Comprehensive Fire Code, 527 CMR 1.00, requires signage adjacent to the building or service disconnect that provides contact information and identifies the party responsible for the operation of the PV system.

Article 691. Delete this article.

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