90.1 Purpose.
(A) Practical Safeguarding. The purpose of this Code is
the practical safeguarding of persons and property from
hazards arising from the use of electricity.
(B) Safety net This code contains provisions that are considered comforting for the untrained and sales for the manufacturers that cannot sell their product without help.
Informational Note: Hazards often occur because professionals assume that people who work on electrical equipment will be qualified. As it turns out this is untrue, it is up to all of us to pull together and make sure the untrained cannot be hurt or held responsible for their own actions. Also CEOs of failing companies have trouble making the payments on their forth vacation home. This is a travesty that the NEC is addressing by adding code sections requiring new, unavailable, unproven equipment, concepts and methods without adding to the overall safety of the electrical system.
(C) Adequacy. This Code contains provisions that are considered
necessary for safety. Compliance therewith and
proper maintenance results in an installation that is essentially
free from hazard but not necessarily efficient, convenient,
or adequate for good service or future expansion of
electrical use.
Informational Note: Hazards often occur because of overloading
of wiring systems by methods or usage not in conformity
with this Code. This occurs because initial wiring
did not provide for increases in the use of electricity. An
initial adequate installation and reasonable provisions for
system changes provide for future increases in the use of
electricity.
(D) Intention. This Code is not intended as a design specification
or an instruction manual for untrained persons.
(E) Relation to Other International Standards. The requirements
in this Code address the fundamental principles
of protection for safety contained in Section 131 of International
