ELECTRICAL

406.1 Material. Existing electrical wiring and equipment undergoing repair shall be allowed to be repaired or replaced with like equal or similar material, except for replacement of luminaries that shall comply with section 406.1.6. 406.1.1 Receptacles. Replacement of electrical receptacles shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 406.4(D) of NFPA 70. 406.1.2 Plug fuses. Plug fuses of the Edison-base type shall be used for replacements only where there is no evidence of over fusing or tampering per applicable requirements of Section 240.51(B) of NFPA 70. 406.1.3 Nongrounding-type receptacles. For replacement of nongrounding-type receptacles with grounding type receptacles and for branch circuits that do not have an equipment grounding conductor in the branch circuitry, the grounding conductor of a grounding-type receptacle outlet shall be permitted to be grounded to any accessible point on the grounding electrode system or to any accessible point on the grounding electrode conductor in accordance with Section 250.130(C) of NFPA 70. 406.1.4 Group I-2 receptacles. Receptacles in patient bed locations of Group I-2 that are not "hospital grade" shall be replaced with "hospital grade" receptacles, as required by NFPA 99 and Article 517 of NFPA 70. 406.1.5 Grounding of appliances. Frames of electric ranges, wall-mounted ovens, countermounted cooking units, clothes dryers and outlet or junction boxes that are part of the existing 833 branch circuit for these appliances shall be permitted to be grounded to the grounded circuit conductor in accordance with Section 250.140 of NFPA 70. 406.1.6 Luminaries. Any luminary or sign on building with illumination shall be replaced with full-cutoff lamps and shall comply with the Reglamento para el Control y la Prevención de la Contaminación Lumínica issued by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board. CHAPTER 5 - PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE METHOD No amendments CHAPTER 6 - CLASSIFICATION OF WORK