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Re: Power Rules at competition
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Originally Posted by ayeckley View Post
In what I believe is a departure from 9 (possibly more) years of past policy, teams at Buckeye this year were prohibited from using the power outlets in the stands. The reason cited was "The Fire Code", although it's not obvious to me why an AJH would prohibit use of fully-NEC-compliant outlets.....
Common practice. Site safety concerns to prohibit action that you do not want for other reasons. . How ever one valid safety concern could be tripping hazards of extension cords stretched across passageways or congestion in a passageway.
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