{"id":6338,"date":"2024-03-29T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/?post_type=blog_post&p=6338"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:10:01","slug":"nspire-standard-electrical-conductor-outlet-and-switch-deficiency-1-outlet-or-switch-is-damaged","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/blog-post\/nspire-standard-electrical-conductor-outlet-and-switch-deficiency-1-outlet-or-switch-is-damaged\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD NSPIRE March Newsletter: NSPIRE STANDARD: Electrical \u2013 Conductor, Outlet, and Switch Deficiency #1: Outlet or Switch is Damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSPIRE STANDARD:<\/strong>
\nElectrical \u2013 Conductor, Outlet, and Switch<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Deficiency #1:<\/strong>
\nOutlet or Switch is Damaged<\/strong><\/p>\n

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March\u2019s Newsletter reviews the deficiency: \u201cOutlet or switch is damaged.\u201d\u00a0 This is deficiency #1 under the Electrical – Conductor, Outlet, and Switch Standard<\/a>. It\u2019s considered a Life-Threatening Health & Safety, which is approximately 2.4 points per Unit<\/u><\/strong> on a 100-unit property.<\/p>\n

Definition: Any<\/u><\/em> portion of an outlet or switch is damaged such that it may not<\/u><\/em> safely carry or control electrical current at the outlet or switch.<\/strong>
\nMost inspectors that cite Outlet\/Switch damage are calling out outlets that look like this:
\n<\/p>\n

Start paying attention to what the outlets look like because this is a Life-Threatening hit \u2013 the HIGHEST scoring item you can have!<\/p>\n

To put it into perspective, if you have a 100 Unit property where 25 units are inspected\u2026.1 LT deficiency in 13 units<\/strong> will FAIL your inspection!\u00a0 (You cannot score more than 30 points in the Unit inspectable area \u2013 you\u2019ll receive a score of 59).<\/p>\n

Start changing out your receptacles to look something like this so that you don\u2019t have to worry about this high-scoring deficiency:
\n<\/p>\n

What about the small cracks in the cover plate? <\/strong>
\nNOT A DEFICIENCY!!!!\u00a0 This is straight from the mouth of HUD\u2019s QA trainer on September 21st<\/sup> (yes, I have it recorded).\u00a0 It makes sense too because those small cracks do not present a safety hazard!\u00a0 The deficiency states the actual Outlet or Switch is damaged\u2026not the cover plate.\u00a0 If the cover plate was so damaged that a conductor was exposed\u2026that gets cited under Deficiency 4 \u2013 Exposed Conductor (see my Newsletter on that here: Exposed Conductor<\/a>).<\/p>\n

HUD states in the deficiency to:<\/strong>
\n<\/p>\n

So damaged grounds are not the only concern \u2013 these will all be cited under Deficiency #1 \u2013 Outlet or Switch is Damaged:
\n<\/p>\n

Because inspectors are now required to circuit test every outlet that is \u201creadily accessible,\u201d a lot more outlet receptacles are being cited as damaged!\u00a0 Additionally, because of the Minimum Electrical and Lighting requirements \u2013 at least 1 outlet must be circuit tested in living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms and kitchens and, if you don\u2019t have a permanent light fixture in those locations, then 2<\/u> <\/strong>outlets will have to be circuit tested! (See the Newsletter here: Minimum Electric and Lighting<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In terms of appealing to get your points back, the damage to the outlet or switch CANNOT<\/u><\/em><\/strong> be a safety hazard and an electrician will have to attest to that fact in writing.<\/p>\n

The damaged ground picture and the 3 pictures shown above\u2026none of them are appealable.<\/p>\n

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NSPIRE STANDARD: Electrical \u2013 Conductor, Outlet, and Switch Deficiency #1: Outlet or Switch is Damaged NSPIRE TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT! \u2018HUD-NSPIRE Demystified: A Deep Dive into the New Inspection Process\u2019 The next full trainings will begin in May \u2013 register here (registration page will be updated next week): \u00a0NSPIRE Demystified Training Click here to see free, downloadable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[130],"class_list":["post-6338","blog_post","type-blog_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-hud-assist"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post\/6338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6338"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=6338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}