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McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Safety Code 2007 Handbook delivers a rule-by-rule annotation of the National Electrical Safety Code that clarifies the often confusing Code text and allows you to perform your work confidently and safely. Designed for use with the Code itself, this expert resource guides you through safety rules for the installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical supply stations and equipment, and also for overhead and underground electric supply and communication lines.
Fully updated with all the latest rules, McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Safety Code 2007 Handbook features:
- The best complete National Electrical Safety Code annotation currently available.
- A rule-by-rule overview of the entire code.
- Over 500 detailed illustrations and photographs.
- A wealth of practical examples of code applications.
- Concise explanations of controversial rules.
The purpose of the 2007 National Electrical Safety Code Handbook is to keep the public, engineers, and utility workers safe, but it can be complicated and sometimes get in the way of that worthy goal. The 2007 National Electrical Safety Code Handbook is designed to be used along with the code itself: as a rule-by-rule commentary of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) code, the Handbook clarifies the often confusing and complicated code text. Following the code ordering of parts, sections, and rules, the 2007 National Electrical Safety Code Handbook allows an easy correlation with the code text: read the precise wording in the code and then look up the clarification in the Handbook.
Inside this time-saving NESC compliance guide:
Part 1: Rules for Installation and Maintenance of Electric Supply Stations and Equipment. Fences, Safety Signs, Storage, Working Space, Batteries, Transformers and Regulators, Conductors, Circuit Breakers, Reclosers, Switches and Fuses, Surge Arresters. Part 2: Safety Rules for the Installation and Maintenance of Overhead Electric Supply and Communication Lines. Inspections, Clearances, Joint Use, Grades of Construction, Loadings, Strength Requirements, Line Insulation. Part 3: Safety Rules for the Installation and Maintenance of Underground Electric Supply and Communication Lines. Underground Conduit Systems, Supply Cable, Cable in Underground Structures, Direct-Buried Cable, Risers, Termination. Part 4: Rules for the Operation of Electric Supply and Communication Lines and Equipment. Employer Rules, Employee Rules, Communication Worker Rules, Supply Worker Rules, OSHA Requirements.
From the Preface
McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Safety Code 2007 Handbook is written for the engineer, staking technician, power lineman, communications lineman, inspector, and safety administrator of an electric power or communication utility company, contracting company, or consulting firm. Employees involved with transmission, distribution, and substation design and construction should develop the highest possible understanding of the NESC to keep the public, utility workers, and themselves safe.
McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Safety Code 2007 Handbook is designed to be used with the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This Handbook presents hundreds of figures and photos, plus examples and discussions to explain and clarify the NESC rules. The straightforward and practical information in the Handbook is intended to aid the understanding of the sometimes confusing and complicated text in the National Electrical Safety Code. This Handbook follows the order of parts, sections, and rules as presented in the NESC, including the general rules, substation rules (Part 1), overhead line rules (Part 2), underground line rules (Part 3), and work rules (Part 4). This format assures quick and easy correlation between the NESC rules and the discussions and explanations in this Handbook. This Handbook is most effectively used by referring to the NESC for the precise wording of a rule and then referring to the corresponding rule number in the Handbook for a practical understanding of what the Code requires. Appendix A of this Handbook includes over 100 photos of NESC applications and violations. Appendix B of this Handbook contains Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards related to the NESC work rules.
The National Electrical Safety Code is the "bible" for developing power and communication utility standards. All utility construction has some relevance to the NESC, including items such as line design, substation design, standard drawings, material purchases, pole placement, work practices, signage, and others. The National Electrical Safety Code should not be confused with the National Electrical Code (NEC), published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The NEC is used for residential, commercial, and industrial building wiring. It does not apply to utility systems, although there is some overlap of the NESC and the NEC at a building service. The NESC is written as a voluntary standard. It can be adopted as law by individual states or other governmental authorities. To determine the legal status of the NESC, the state public service commission or public utility commission, or other governmental authority should be contacted. The Code is written by various NESC committees. The organizations represented, subcommittees, and committee members are listed in the front of the Code book. The procedure for revising the NESC is described in the back of the Code book. The NESC has an interpretation committee that issues formal interpretations. The procedure for obtaining a formal interpretation is outlined in the front of the Code book. The NESC is currently published on a five-year cycle. Urgent safety matters that require a change in between Code documents are handled through a Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) process. Original work on the NESC began in 1913. This Handbook is based on the 2007 edition of the NESC.
McGraw-Hill's NESC Handbook is the only National Electrical Safety Code Handbook that focuses on the practical application of the current edition of the NESC. The numerous figures, photos, and examples make McGraw-Hill's NESC Handbook the most complete and useful handbook available.
Additional reference material for the interested reader includes The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, by Thomas M Shoemaker and James E Mack, and the Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, by Donald G Fink and H Wayne Beaty, both published by McGraw-Hill. The transmission line, distribution line, and substation standards published by the Rural Utility Service (RUS), formerly known as the Rural Electric Administration (REA), are also invaluable references.
This Handbook should be used as a reference for understanding and applying the rules in the National Electrical Safety Code. This Handbook is not an official Code document and does not contain official National Electrical Safety Code committee interpretations.
About the Author:
David J Marne PE BSEE is a consulting electrical engineer. He is company president and senior engineer Marne and Associates Inc in Missoula, Montana, where he specializes in NESC training and engineering design. Mr Marne serves on NESC Subcommittee 4, Overhead Lines-Clearances, he is a senior member of the IEEE, and has presented seminars on the NESC to a variety of industry professionals. |
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