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The Engineer's Guide to the 2008 National Electrical Code provides a vital grounding in National Electrical Code basics.
Electrical engineers responsible for designing, specifying, and maintaining premises wiring systems must have a thorough understanding of the National Electrical Code. The purpose of this guide is to introduce electrical engineering students to the Code rules that govern installation of electrical power, communications, and control systems.
Engineer's Guide to the National Electrical Code introduces the reader to the technical content of the National Electrical Code. It explains:
- What the National Electrical Code is intended to do.
- How the code is organized.
- The safety rationales that underlie code rules for installing electrical systems.
- How the National Electrical Code is used for regulatory purposes.
- How the National Electrical Code relates to other industry codes and standards that impact the design process.
This guide assemblies information from many different parts of the code in logical groupings. This will help electrical engineers understand the complexity and interrelationships among different sections of the National Electrical Code itself, and develop a comprehensive view of this global regulatory code.
At last, here's the guidance that every engineer needs to work with the National Electrical Code, along with other building codes. New and longtime electrical designers will get the grounding they need, in topics from the National Electrical Code organization to coverage of conductors, circuits, and wiring methods, electrical equipment and other systems.
The 2008 National Electrical Code rules are at the heart of this instructive look at the documents encountered when designing electrical subsystems. Author and Code authority H Brooke Stauffer, Executive Director of Standards and Safety at the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), provides new and longtime electrical engineers with the guidance they need to correctly apply the National Electrical Code and other building codes.
Understand how Code compliance impacts your work through key insights on:
- 2008 National Electrical Code organization and structure.
- How the 2008 National Electrical Code is used for regulatory purposes.
- Conductors, circuits, and wiring methods.
- Electrical equipment and other systems.
- The 2008 National Electrical Code in relation to other codes and standards.
Written by one of the field's premier authors, the Engineer's Guide to the 2008 National Electrical Code introduces engineers to the all-important requirements they'll apply throughout their careers.
From the Introduction
The National Electrical Code (NEC) is the world's most widely used safety standard. In the United States, it's adopted for regulatory use in all 50 states, U.S. territories, and more than 42,000 local jurisdictions. The National Electrical Code is also widely used around the globe.
- It is adopted by several other countries.
- U.S.-based multinational corporations follow the National Electrical Code in facilities around the world.
- The U.S. military follows the National Electrical Code in facilities around the world.
- The National Electrical Code is translated into four languages besides English, and is used in many countries that don't have their own national wiring rules.
For this reason, electrical engineers responsible for designing, specifying, and maintaining premises wiring systems that follow U.S. practice must have a thorough understanding of the National Electrical Code. The purpose of this book is to introduce electrical engineering students to the Code rules that govern installation of electrical power, communications, and control systems.
What this Book Is
Engineer's Guide to the National Electrical Code is intended to give engineers an overview of how the National Electrical Code functions as an important tool in the
process of designing and specifying electrical systems. This book explains what the Code is intended to do and what it isn't; how the NEC is organized; the safety rationales that underlie Code rules for installing electrical systems; how the National Electrical Code is used for regulatory purposes; and why the Code isn't (and can't be) an all-purpose manual for electrical engineers.
What this Book Isn't
Engineer's Guide to the National Electrical Code isn't a technical guide or an instruction manual for designing electrical installations in buildings and similar structures. It doesn't cover basic principles of physics and electrical engineering or applied concepts such as energy-efficient design and value engineering. It doesn't teach electrical engineers how to develop plans or specifications for building electrical systems.
Instead, this book explains how the National Electrical Code functions as one of many tools and inputs that engineers use to design electrical distribution systems for
buildings and similar structures. Although the Code is a universal starting point for designing and installing electrical systems, many other industry codes and standards expand on its basic principles, functioning as advanced design guides that help electrical engineers meet customer needs in many ways over and above the critical safety rules of the National Electrical Code. Design references such as the IEEE Color Book series and other standards are listed in Appendix A.
How this Book Is Arranged
Engineer's Guide to the National Electrical Code doesn't follow the structure of the National Electrical Code. Instead, it assembles information from many different
parts of the Code in logical groupings. This is intended to help electrical engineers understand the complexity and interrelationships among different sections of the National Electrical Code itself and offer engineers a comprehensive view of this global regulatory code.
Engineer's Guide to the National Electrical Code is a useful introduction to the technical content of the National Electrical Code. Two other publications provide more detail-level knowledge of actual Code rules:
- User's Guide to the National Electrical Code is a tool that helps electrical engineers and designers better understand the purpose, structure, and organization of the Code. This illustrated book summarizes National Electrical Code safety rules in a comprehensive fashion, complete with end-of-chapter exercises to test comprehension.
- The National Electrical Code Handbook contains the complete text of the Code, supplemented by explanations and illustrations. It provides
a section-by-section, sometimes line-by-line, explanation of key Code requirements. The National Electrical Code Handbook is an essential desk reference for
electrical engineers.
How the Code Is Made
The National Electrical Code is developed under procedures accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the federation of U.S. standards-developing organizations. Documents developed under ANSI-approved consensus procedures have the status of "official" U.S. standards. Generally speaking, state and local governments prefer to adopt American National Standards for regulatory use. (NOTE: The terms "ANSI" standard and American National Standard" are synonymous.)
The consensus process by which the National Electrical Code and other NFPA documents are developed, including how engineers and other users can participate in helping to create these codes and standards, is described in Unit 7.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: National Electrical Code Structure, Organization, and Language. Chapter 2: General Considerations. Chapter 3: Conductors, Circuits, and Wiring Methods. Chapter 4: Electrical Equipment. Chapter 5: Other Systems. Chapter 6: How the NEC Is Related to Other Codes and Standards. Chapter 7: Making the National Electrical Code. Appendix A: Electrical Design Standards. Index. Credits. |
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