001 Mobile/manufactured homes -
Inspection.
(1) All alterations
to the mobile/manufactured home electrical system must be permitted and
inspected.
(a) Any circuit or feeder that is
fed from the pedestal or panel from an outbuilding feeding the
mobile/manufactured home requires a permit from the electrical
section.
(b) Any circuit or feeder
that originates from the mobile/manufactured home's (i.e., red factory
assembled structures label) panel and feeds an addition or equipment that is
attached (e.g., garage, heat pump, or air conditioning unit) requires an FAS
alteration permit.
(c) Any circuit
or feeder that originates in the mobile/manufactured home panel and feeds an
unattached structure or equipment (e.g., detached garage, hot tub, pool, well,
septic system, yard lighting, or generation equipment, etc.) requires two
inspections. An FAS permit is required for the circuit or feeder from the panel
and must terminate in a J-box located under the home's exterior wall near the
rim joist. A second permit is required from the electrical section for
electrical work from the J-box to the equipment or structure.
032 Mobile/manufactured homes - Service.
(2) If an electrical service is installed on
the mobile/manufactured home:
(a) The
manufacturer's instructions allowing mounting of service equipment on the
mobile/manufactured home must be available to the inspector at the installation
site at the time of the first inspection of the electrical service. The
instructions must be specific regarding the type of service allowed: Overhead
or underground; or
(b) It must be
installed only by the manufacturer, at the manufacturing plant. The
manufacturer must complete the service except for service connections, meter,
and grounding electrode conductor; and
(c) The owner or an electrical contractor
must complete the service at the site.
033 Mobile/manufactured homes - Feeder.
(3) When the mobile or manufactured home is
supplied with power using a permanent wiring method, the equipment grounding
conductor will be permitted to be bare. Bare conductors used underground must
be copper. For the purposes of this section, portable cord is not considered a
permanent wiring method.