In sci.engr.electrical.compliance Doug Miller wrote:
| In article k.net, "rck" wrote:
|
|I had a house like that. The "duct" was the space between the joists with
|sheet metal nailed to the bottom of the joists. I hired an electrician to
|wire from one side to the other. He went all the way around the cellar, said
|there was no other way to cross the duct.
|
| Yes, there was: nail a 1x4 across the joists below the duct, and staple the
| NM cable to the 1x4. This *does* comply with the NEC.

On the side of the 1x4, right?

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