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Admitting close approach; not guarded by locked doors, elevation, or other effective means.

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Accessible (equipment)

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Capable of being removed or exposed without damaging the building structure or finish or not permanently closed in by the structure or finish of the building.

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Accessible (wiring methods)

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Capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections without requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to climb over or remove obstacles or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth.

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Accessible (readily)

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The current, in amperes, that a conductor can carry continuously under the conditions of use without exceeding its temperature rating.

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Ampacity

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Utilization equipment, generally other than industrial, that is normally built in standardized sizes or types and is installed or connected as a unit to perform one or more functions such as clothes washing, air conditioning, food mixing, deep frying, and so forth.

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Appliance

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Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction

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Approved

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A generic term for a group of nonflammable synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbons used as electrical insulating media. Askarels of various compositional types are used. Under arcing conditions, the gases produced, while consisting predominantly of noncombustible hydrogen chloride, can include varying amounts of combustible gases, depending on the askarel type.

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Askarel

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A device that, by insertion in a receptacle, establishes a connection between the conductors of the attached flexible cord and the conductors connected permanently to the receptacle.

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Attachment plug

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The organization, office, or individual responsible for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.

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Authority Having Jurisdiction

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Self-acting, operating by its own mechanism when actuated by some impersonal influence, as, for example, a change in current, pressure, temperature, or mechanical configuration.

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Automatic