NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (NEC) 2008 Edition (CD-ROM)

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NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (NEC) covers the installation of electrical conductors, equipment, and raceways; signaling and communications conductors, equipment, and raceways; and optical fiber cables and raceways for:

• public and private premises, including buildings, structures, mobile homes, recreational vehicles and floating buildings
• yards, lots, parking lots, carnivals and industrial substations
• installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply of electricity installations used by the electric utility, such as office buildings, warehouses, garages, machine shops, and recreational buildings, that are not an integral part of a generating plant, substation or control center.

Revisions in NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (NEC) 2008 Edition boost public safety, emergency preparedness, code usability and worker protection. Only the 2008 NEC includes the latest rules for electrical installation in residential, commercial and industrial occupancies. It also introduces:

• New article on Critical Operations Power Systems with provisions for electrical security in public and private facilities that must stay online during a crisis, such as public safety dispatch centers and hospital ICUs
• New article on Electrified Truck Parking Spaces with NEC rules for outlets to run on-board electrical systems, reducing truck emissions and fuel consumption caused by idling during driver rest times
• Revised requirements for AFCI and GFCIs in dwellings.
• New rules for tamper-resistant receptacles respond to NEISS reports that thousands of children are treated in hospitals every year for burns received as a result of inserting objects into receptacles.
• New provisions in Article 210, Article 410 and elsewhere in the 2008 NEC reduce worker hazards and correlate with NFPA 70E worker safety rules.

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