The National Electrical Code is the benchmark for safe and efficient electrical installations. Whether your jurisdiction adopts the 2002 National Electrical Code immediately or down the road, you need to extend your knowledge and take advantage of the benefits right away, not months or years behind your peers in the electrical industry.

Get ready for safety improvements . . . the first requirements for emerging technologies . . . and new provisions for installing TVSS!

• You'll have greater Code support when handling transient voltage surge suppressors through the new Article 285
• Improve your efficiency handling receptacles, cord connectors, and attachment plugs by following the one-stop Article 406
• Access rules covering fuel cell systems in the new Article 692.
• Save time with new parallel numbering systems for Raceway and Cable Articles in Chapter 3: Wiring
• Follow clearer safety guidelines with the completely reorganized Hazardous (Classified) Locations Articles
• The IBEW and NJATC are applauding the 2002 NEC's enhancements to the safety of installations, including new requirements for flash protection marking and panic hardware in Article 110, and new safety rules for motor disconnect locations in Article 430
• Find a handy compilation of product safety standards in the new Annex A

Progress waits for no one! To stay ahead of the curve, you've got to stay in step with the industry's full-consensus code for electrical installations.

Table of Contents
ARTICLE 80: Administration and Enforcement
ARTICLE 90: Introduction;
Chapter 1: General; ARTICLE 100: Definitions; ARTICLE 110: Requirements for Electrical Installations;
Chapter 2: Wiring and Protection; 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; ARTICLE 280: Surge Arresters; ARTICLE 285: Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors: TVSSs;
Chapter 3: Wiring Methods and Materials; ARTICLE 300: Wiring Methods; 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 Manholes; 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 Nonmetallic Conduit: Type RNC; ARTICLE 354: Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors: Type NUCC; 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 394: Concealed; Knob-and-Tube Wiring; ARTICLE 396: Messenger Supported Wiring; ARTICLE 398: Open Wiring on Insulators;
Chapter 4: Equipment for General Use; 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 410: Luminaires (Lighting Fixtures), Lampholders, and Lamps; ARTICLE 411: Lighting Systems Operating at 30 Volts or Less; ARTICLE 422: Appliances; ARTICLE 424: Fixed Electric Space-Heating 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 480: Storage Batteries; ARTICLE 490: Equipment, Over 600 Volts, Nominal;
Chapter 5: Special Occupancies; 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 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, and Coating Processes; ARTICLE 517: Health Care Facilities; ARTICLE 518: Places of Assembly; ARTICLE 520: Theaters, Audience Areas of Motion Picture and Television Studios, Performance Areas, and Similar Locations; ARTICLE 525: Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, and Similar Events; ARTICLE 527: Temporary Installations; 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 555: Marinas and Boatyards;
Chapter 6: Special Equipment; ARTICLE 600: Electric Signs and Outline Lighting; ARTICLE 604: Manufactured Wiring Systems; ARTICLE 605: Office Furnishings (Consisting of Lighting Accessories and Wired Partitions); ARTICLE 610: Cranes and Hoists; ARTICLE 620: Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Wheelchair Lifts, and Stairway Chair Lifts; ARTICLE 625: Electric Vehicle Charging System; ARTICLE 630: Electric Welders; ARTICLE 640: Audio Signal Processing, Amplification, and Reproduction Equipment; ARTICLE 645: Information Technology Equipment; 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 685: Integrated Electrical Systems; ARTICLE 690: Solar Photovoltaic Systems; ARTICLE 692: Fuel Cell Systems; ARTICLE 695: Fire Pumps;
Chapter 7: Special Conditions; ARTICLE 700: Emergency Systems; ARTICLE 701: Legally Required Standby Systems; ARTICLE 702: Optional Standby Systems; ARTICLE 705: Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources; 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 760: Fire Alarm Systems; ARTICLE 770: Optical Fiber Cables and Raceways; ARTICLE 780: Closed-Loop and Programmed Power Distribution;
Chapter 8: Communications Systems; 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;
Chapter 9: Tables;
Annex A: Product Safety Standards; Annex B: Application Information for Ampacity Calculation; Annex C: Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables for Conductors and Fixture Wires of the Same Size; Annex D: Examples; Annex E: Types of Construction; Annex F: Formal Interpretation; Tentative Interim Amendment; Index.