[FrankJ]

Point of reference. I am with Jon. When inspecting I would not consider terminals or leads on a motor/controller to change it from COTs to Fabricated. (Unless the LRI said different, I am a worker bee inspector.) But this in 2014 in came up in terms of the weight allowance for fabricated parts as a grey area. Generally If you look at the definition of "fabricated" in the rules & Q&A, it tends to be strictly defined. For instance using magic on a COTS item makes it Fabricated. I have seen several instances of letter of the rule verses intent of the rule cause headaches. It would be nice to have a blue box exception or similar.