Aluminum Wire

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Gentlemen,
This may be a mute point, but I haven't seen AL wire in #14 or #18 or even #12 for quite a while. It may be that AL wire is not code in Illinois or in Cook county. If it is not readily available to all teams, it is not included in acceptable materials. (BTW, throw the rules out as they apply to AWG and breaker choice.) As to the Q&A, I have always been of the opinion that the Q&A answers questions that not only relate to the current manual, but to questions that were not thought of during the documentation process. As such the voice of authority is either First or the GDC when answering Q&A. Additionally, the Q&A often drives modification to the manual and team updates. Hence the two per week team updates and the fact we are already up to Rev D on the Robot rules. As an inspector, I bring with me, searchable files of the Q&A, all team updates and the latest revisions of the manual sections. I require that any team who claims a particular device was allowed in a Q&A to prove it by showing me a copy of the Q&A or searching my files.