Illustrated Guide to the National Electrical Code, 9th Edition
By Charles R. Miller
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, TABLE OF CONTENT
Section 1. Foundational Provisions
Unit 1. Introduction to the National Electrical Code®
Unit 2. Definitions
Unit 3. Boxes and Enclosures
Unit 4. Cables
Unit 5. Raceways and Conductors
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Section 2. One-Family Dwellings
Unit 6. General Provisions
Unit 7. Specific Provisions
Unit 8. Load Calculations
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Unit 9. Services and Electrical Equipment
Section 3. Multifamily Dwellings
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Unit 10. Comprehensive Provisions
Unit 11. Load Calculations
Section 4. Commercial Locations
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Unit 12. General Provisions
Unit 13. Nondwelling Load Calculations
Unit 14. Services, Feeders, and Equipment
Section 5. Multifamily Dwellings
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Unit 15. Hazardous (Classified) Locations
Unit 16. Health Care
Unit 17. Industrial Locations
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Unit 18. Special Occupancies
Unit 19. Specific Equipment
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,The.,National ,Fire ,Protection Association has acted as sponsor of the National Electrical Code since !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!
1911 (Pg.2)
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1. Informative Annex !! !!
provides a list of product safety standards used for product listin !! !! !! !! ** ** ** ** ** **
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Informative Annex A (NEC 70-710)
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2. Which chapters in the NEC apply generally to all installations?
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Chapter 1 through 4 apply to all electrical installations (Pg.5)
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3. Every three years, the National Electrical code is revised, but the Code has only been o
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n a three-year cycle since
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1975 (Pg.2)
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4. The purpose of the National Electrical Code is the practical safeguarding of
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form hazards arising from the use of electricity.
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Persons and Property (Pg.2)
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5. The original Code document was developed in
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f various insurance, electrical, architectural, and allied interests.
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1897 (Pg.2)
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6. Informative annexes are not part of the requirements of the NEC but are included for
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7. What city was home to the first central-
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station electric generating plant developed by Thomas A. Edison?
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New York City (Pg. 2)
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, 8. Chapter *** * consists of tables that are applicable as referenced.
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9. In the NEC, UL is the abbreviation for .
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Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Pg.7) ** ** **
10. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any
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included in the listing or labeling. ** ** ** ** **
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Instructions (Pg. 6) (NEC 110.3 (B)). ** ** ** ** **
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branch circuit supplies two or more receptacles or outlets for lighting a
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nd appliances.
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General Purpose (Pg. 16)
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is the largest amount of current capable of being delivered at a point on the electri
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cal system during a shout-circuit condition.
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Available fault current (Pg.20)
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branch circuit consists of two or more ungrounded conductors having a pot
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rence between it and each ungrounded conductor of the circuit and that is connected to
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the neutral or grounded conductor of the system.
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Multiwire (Pg.16) **
4. An intermittent operation in which load conditions are regularly recurrent is the definiti
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Periodic Duty (NEC 70-34)
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5. The ** is the connection between the grounded-
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