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Internal wiring of equipment may employ UL Listed conductors for general wiring, or
alternatively, use UL Recognized Component Appliance Wiring Material (AWM), which
signifies that the wiring has been subjected to limited testing and evaluation and will be further evaluated in the end-product. AWM wire styles are selected by end-product manufacturers based on their specifi c voltage and temperature ratings, mechanical abuse, environmental exposure, flame ratings, etc. AWM has not been evaluated for general wiring applications in accordance with the NEC.
430.245
(B) Separation of Junction Box from Motor. The junction
box required by 430.245(A) shall be permitted to be
separated from the motor by not more than 1.8 m (6 ft),
provided the leads to the motor are stranded conductors
within Type AC cable, interlocked metal tape Type MC
cable where listed and identified in accordance with
250.118(10)(a), or armored cord or are stranded leads enclosed
in liquidtight flexible metal conduit, flexible metal
conduit, intermediate metal conduit, rigid metal conduit, or
electrical metallic tubing not smaller than metric designator
12 (trade size 3?8), the armor or raceway being connected
both to the motor and to the box.
Liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit and rigid nonmetallic
conduit shall be permitted to enclose the leads to
the motor, provided the leads are stranded and the required
equipment grounding conductor is connected to both the
motor and to the box.
Where stranded leads are used, protected as specified
above, each strand within the conductor shall be not larger
than 10 AWG and shall comply with other requirements of
this Code for conductors to be used in raceways.
electricpete said:I am not in a position to enlighten you about the maze of UL and NEC requirements
electricpete said:I don't know enough about NEC requirements for cable to figure out what UL numbers are required
electricpete said:I don't know enough about NEC requirements for cable to figure out what UL numbers are required
I think you can say the NEC does not permit it. You can only use products that are UL listed for the purpose that you use them. There would be an NEC compliance problem if you used the AWM lead wire for general wiring purposes.I read this to mean that they have not formed an opinion or, more specifically, that they have not endorsed this use nor have they prohibited it.
electricpete said:And no, I am no code expert