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Main Authors: Hartwell, Frederic P. (Author), McPartland, Joseph F. (Author), McPartland, Brian J. (Author)
Corporate Author: McGraw-Hill Companies
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., c2014.
Edition:28th ed.
Series:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Subjects:
Electrical engineering > Safety measures > Standards > United States.
Electric apparatus and appliances > Installation.
Buildings > Electric equipment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A. About the authors
  • B. Preface
  • C. Introduction to the national electrical code?
  • D. Brief history of the national electrical code?
  • E. About the 2014 national electrical code?
  • F. Introduction
  • Article 90. Introduction
  • 1. Chapter one
  • Article 100. Definitions
  • Article 110. Requirements for electrical installations
  • 2. Chapter two
  • Article 200. Use and identification of grounded conductors
  • Article 210. Branch circuits
  • Article 215. Feeders
  • Article 220. Branch-circuit, feeder, and service calculations
  • Article 225. Outside branch circuits and feeders
  • Article 230. Services
  • Article 240. Overcurrent protection
  • Article 250. Grounding and bonding
  • Article 280. Surge arresters, over 1 KV
  • Article 285. Surge-protective devices, 1 KV or less
  • 3. Chapter three
  • Article 300. General requirements for wiring methods and materials
  • Article 310. Conductors for general wiring
  • Article 312. Cabinets, cutout boxes, and meter socket enclosures
  • Article 314. Outlet, device, pull, and junction boxes; conduit bodies; fittings; and handhole enclosures
  • Article 320. Armored cable: type AC
  • Article 322. Flat cable assemblies: type FC
  • Article 324. Flat conductor cable: type FCC
  • Article 326. Integrated gas spacer cable: type IGS
  • Article 328. Medium voltage cable: type MV
  • Article 330. Metal-clad cable: type MC
  • Article 332. Mineral-insulated, metal-sheathed cable: type MI
  • Article 334. Nonmetallic-sheathed cable: types NM, NMC, and NMS
  • Article 336. Power and control tray cable: type TC
  • Article 338. Service-entrance cable: types se and use
  • Article 340. Underground feeder and branch-circuit cable: type UF
  • Article 342. Intermediate metal conduit: type IMC
  • Article 344. Rigid metal conduit: type RMC
  • Article 348. Flexible metal conduit: type FMC
  • Article 350. Liquidtight flexible metal conduit: type LFMC
  • Article 352. Rigid polyvinyl chloride conduit: type PVC
  • Article 353. High density polyethylene conduit: type hdpe conduit
  • Article 354. Nonmetallic underground conduit with conductors: type NUCC
  • Article 355. Reinforced thermosetting resin conduit: type RTRC
  • Article 356. Liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit: type LFNC
  • Article 358. Electrical metallic tubing: type EMT
  • Article 360. Flexible metallic tubing: type FMT
  • Article 362. Electrical nonmetallic tubing: type ENT
  • Article 366. Auxiliary gutters
  • Article 368. Busways
  • Article 370. Cablebus
  • Article 372. Cellular concrete floor raceways
  • Article 374. Cellular metal floor raceways
  • Article 376. Metal wireways
  • Article 378. Nonmetallic wireways
  • Article 380. Multioutlet assembly
  • Article 382. Nonmetallic extensions
  • Article 384. Strut-type channel raceway
  • Article 386. Surface metal raceways
  • Article 388. Surface nonmetallic raceways
  • Article 390. Underfloor raceways
  • Article 392. Cable trays
  • Article 393. Low-voltage suspended ceiling power distribution systems
  • Article 394. Concealed knob-and-tube wiring
  • Article 396. Messenger-supported wiring
  • Article 398. Open wiring on insulators
  • Article 399. Outdoor overhead conductors over 600 v
  • 4. Chapter four
  • Article 400. Flexible cords and cables
  • Article 402. Fixture wires
  • Article 404. Switches
  • Article 406. Receptacles, cord connectors, and attachment plugs (CAPS)
  • Article 408. Switchboards and panelboards
  • Article 409. Industrial control panels
  • Article 410. Luminaires, lampholders, and lamps
  • Article 411. Lighting systems operating at 30 v or less and lighting equipment connected to class 2 power sources
  • Article 422. Appliances
  • Article 424. Fixed electric space-heating equipment
  • Article 426. Fixed outdoor electric deicing and snow-melting equipment
  • Article 427. Fixed electric heating equipment for pipelines and vessels
  • Article 430. Motors, motor circuits, and controllers
  • Article 440. Air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment
  • Article 445. Generators
  • Article 450. Transformers and transformer vaults (including secondary ties)
  • Article 455. Phase converters
  • Article 460. Capacitors
  • Article 470. Resistors and reactors
  • Article 480. Storage batteries
  • Article 490. Equipment over 1000 volts, nominal.
  • 5. Chapter five
  • Article 500. Hazardous (classified) locations, classes i, ii, and iii, divisions 1 and 2
  • Article 501. Class i locations
  • Article 502. Class ii locations
  • Article 503. Class iii locations
  • Article 504. Intrinsically safe systems
  • Article 505. Class i, zone 0, 1, and 2 locations
  • Article 506. Zone 20, 21, 22 locations for combustible dusts or ignitible fibers/flyings
  • Article 510. Hazardous (classified) locations?specific
  • Article 511. Commercial garages, repair and storage
  • Article 513. Aircraft hangars
  • Article 514. Motor fuel dispensing facilities
  • Article 515. Bulk storage plants
  • Article 516. Spray application, dipping, coating, and printing processes using flammable or combustible materials
  • Article 517. Health care facilities
  • Article 518. Assembly occupancies
  • Article 520. Theaters, audience areas of motion picture and television studios, performance areas, and similar locations
  • Article 522. Control systems for permanent amusement attractions
  • Article 525. Carnivals, circuses, fairs, and similar events
  • Article 530. Motion picture and television studios and similar locations
  • Article 540. Motion picture projection rooms
  • Article 545. Manufactured buildings
  • Article 547. Agricultural buildings
  • Article 550. Mobile homes, manufactured homes, and mobile home parks
  • Article 551. Recreational vehicles and recreational vehicle parks
  • Article 552. Park trailers
  • Article 553. Floating buildings
  • Article 555. Marinas and boatyards
  • Article 590. Temporary installations
  • 6. Chapter six
  • Article 600. Electric signs and outline lighting
  • Article 604. Manufactured wiring systems
  • Article 605. Office furnishings
  • Article 610. Cranes and hoists
  • Article 620. Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks, platform lifts, and stairway chair lifts
  • Article 625. Electrical vehicle charging systems
  • Article 626. Electrified truck parking spaces
  • Article 630. Electric welders
  • Article 640. Audio signal processing, amplification, and reproduction equipment
  • Article 645. Information technology equipment
  • Article 646. Modular data centers
  • Article 647. Sensitive electronic equipment
  • Article 650. Pipe organs
  • Article 660. X-ray equipment
  • Article 665. Induction and dielectric heating equipment
  • Article 668. Electrolytic cells
  • Article 669. Electroplating
  • Article 670. Industrial machinery
  • Article 675. Electrically driven or controlled irrigation machines
  • Article 680. Swimming pools, fountains, and similar installations
  • Article 682. Natural and artificially made bodies of water
  • Article 685. Integrated electrical systems
  • Article 690. Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems
  • Article 692. Fuel cell systems
  • Article 694. Wind electric systems
  • Article 695. Fire pumps
  • 7. Chapter seven
  • Article 700. Emergency systems
  • Article 701. Legally required standby systems
  • Article 702. Optional standby systems
  • Article 705. Interconnected electric power production sources
  • Article 708. Critical operations power systems (COPS)
  • Article 720. Circuits and equipment operating at less than 50 volts
  • Article 725. Class 1, class 2, and class 3 remote-control, signaling, and power-limited circuits
  • Article 727. Instrumentation tray cable: type ITC
  • Article 728. Fire-resistive cable systems
  • Article 750. Energy management systems
  • Article 760. Fire alarm systems
  • Article 770. Optical fiber cables and raceways
  • 8. Chapter eight
  • Article 800. Communications circuits
  • Article 810. Radio and television equipment
  • Article 820. Community antenna television and radio distribution systems
  • Article 830. Network-powered broadband communications systems
  • Article 840. Premises-powered broadband communications systems
  • 9. Chapter nine
  • Tables
  • Informative annex a. Product safety standards
  • Informative annex born Application information for ampacity calculation
  • Informative annex c. Conduit and tubing fill tables for conductors and fixture wires of the same size
  • Informative annex d. Examples
  • Informative annex e. Types of construction
  • Informative annex f. Availability and reliability for operations power systems; and development and implementation of functional performance tests (FPTS) for critical operations power systems
  • Informative annex g. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
  • Informative annex h. Administration and enforcement
  • Informative annex i. Recommended tightening torque tables from UL standard 486a-b
  • Informative annex j. ADA standards for accessible design.