NEC Internet Links
Here are important resources for anyone interested in the National
Electrical Code. Please send suggestions for additions to dularson@bellsouth.net
For free online access to the 2005 National Electrical Code click HERE.
Every three years the National Electrical Code is significantly
revised to keep pace with technology and enhance protection against electrical
fire and shock hazards.
The 2005 Softbound NEC is loaded with solutions designed to provide
better safeguards, add greater usability, and bring provisions in-line with
technology trends. It's a "must" for anyone who works with electric
conductors or equipment. Revisions include:
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Expanded AFCI protection in wiring systems
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New rules for GFCI protection
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Identification of ungrounded branch circuit and feeder conductors
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All-new articles for control panels and speed-drive systems
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Reorganized rules in Article 220: Branch Circuit, Feeder and Service
Calculations
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New zone hazardous area classification system for combustible dusts and
ignitable fibers and flyings
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Here are other code of interest to electricians as produced by the NFPA.
Click on SOURCE for specifics.
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NFPA 70B: Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance
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NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
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NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm Code®
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NFPA 73: Electrical Inspection Code for Existing Dwellings
About the National Fire Protection Association Process HERE
NEC
A2007 ROP Draft (4.2 MB)
Report on Proposals (ROP)
Proposals can be submitted for text to be amended or included in NFPA
Codes and Standards. Following the Call for Proposals period, the responsible
technical committee holds meetings over the course of three months to consider
all the submitted proposals and listen to anyone wishing to address the
committee regarding a proposal. The committee also develops its own proposals
and incorporates them into their report. A two-thirds approval vote by letter
ballot of the members of the Committee eligible to vote is required for
Committee approval of the actions on the Proposals. Should the Committee revise
or reject a Proposal in whole or in part, it must include in its report the
reasons for this change or rejection. All the proposals are presented in the
Report on Proposals (ROP). The ROP is published and widely distributed and
anyone may download or request a copy. The committee members vote to approve or
reject their report in the ROP by letter ballot, and if two-thirds of all
committee members eligible approve, the process continues to the next step. If
the ROP does not receive two-thirds approval, their report in the ROP returns to
the committee.
ROP - Articles and Annexes
Report on Comments (ROC)
After the ROP has received the necessary approvals, there is a 60-day comment
period, during which time anyone may submit a public comment on the proposed
changes in the ROP. The committee then reconvenes at the end of the 60-day
period and decides how to act on all comments. Once again, the meeting is open
to anyone who wishes to address the committee on a particular public comment. A
two-thirds approval vote by letter ballot of the members of the committee
eligible to vote is again required for approval of actions on the comment, and
the committee must again publish reasons for revising or rejecting any public
comments in a new report. This report in called the Report
on Comments (ROC) and is available to anyone for review for a seven-week period.
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