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codes and standards

  • Yes I study and know other codes and standards

    Votes: 29 87.9%

  • No the NEC is all I know or care about

    Votes: 4 12.1%
  • Total voters
    33
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jwelectric

jwelectric

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Mods, if this is in the wrong place of if you think it is off base please feel free to take it down or move it.

In a thread on grounding water pipes another NFPA Standard was brought up in the discussion. This left me wondering just how many electricians study other codes and standards.

I have posted this poll to see if any electricians or inspectors out there study any other NFPA or ICC codes and standards.

Examples would be NFPA 70E, NFPA 39, NFPA 13, or any other NFPA document, ICC building, plumbing, mechanical, or any other Standard or Code of any kind.
 
A more honest answer on my part would be: "I know there are other codes, and sort of know where they kick in."

Otherwise, judging by many of the questions posted in electrical forums, the poll also needs, as a choice, "What other codes? Are there other codes?"
 
I use on a regular basis 70, 70E, 72, 99, 101, 110, The NC Building Code, the NC State Construction Guidelines, and the UL Orange Books. I rarely use the others although at one time or another I have used a number of them.

I know the Orange Books are not a code or standard but I use them frequently.


Roger
 
Every chance i get i will study other codes, but since i don't use it or refer to them on regular bases I usually won't remember it for long.
 
Continuing to broaden my horizons for machine tools.

Codes: OSHA 1910,1926; NEC
Standards: 70E, 79, ISO4414, ISO4413, ANSI B11
 
There is no appropriate poll response for me.

While I use other codes and standards as I need to during the course of my job it would be a stretch to say I study or try to memorize other codes or standards.

When I need other codes or standards I look them up as needed.
 
The question seems kind of loaded.
My work has me dealing with OSHA 1910, 1926, NESC, My electrical license has me in NEC, UL white book, NFPA 70E,
The general contractors license has me in building codes of all types. I don't make it a habit to study them either. I will familiarize myself with them, and go to them when needed. Do I know them all? Certainly not. I also have a drivers license, but I don't study the traffic laws nor do I know them all...:D

I read the thread about the sprinkler pipe being used as a grounding electrode. I have a brother that deals with sprinkler systems that set me straight a couple of years ago. I could bond his system, but could not use "his" pipe as an electrode. Also, if the system needed to be bonded across fittings, I would have to do it.
Here is another one. Doesn't NFPA 780 require the sprinkler system to be bonded to the lightning protection system also? Hey, add NFPA 780 to the list...:)
 
A little NFPA 72, a little NFPA 99,101, and a little of whatever hospital code AIA that my current AHJ is using.
 
iwire said:
There is no appropriate poll response for me.

While I use other codes and standards as I need to during the course of my job it would be a stretch to say I study or try to memorize other codes or standards.

When I need other codes or standards I look them up as needed.
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me too so I voted no.
 
iwire said:
There is no appropriate poll response for me.

While I use other codes and standards as I need to during the course of my job it would be a stretch to say I study or try to memorize other codes or standards.

When I need other codes or standards I look them up as needed.
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Ditto - and it is a rare occasion to need anything else.
 
iwire said:
There is no appropriate poll response for me.

While I use other codes and standards as I need to during the course of my job it would be a stretch to say I study or try to memorize other codes or standards.

When I need other codes or standards I look them up as needed.
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But I assume you know some of them well enough to know "isn't there something in X code that has to do with this?"

I might not have the NYC Building Code memorized but I know when I should be looking there to design something.
 
ASG said:
But I assume you know some of them well enough to know "isn't there something in X code that has to do with this?"
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That was pretty much my point.

To say that 'I don't care about them at all' is an overstatement but at the same time I can't say I study them.
 
Thank each and every one that has responded to the poll. I will use the results in class to show the percentage of those who do use other codes and standards than the NEC in their everyday work.

Most of the people I deal with daily have never had any experience in the electrical trade so I stress the need to have some knowledge of other codes and standards and not to rely on what they are being told in the field as this information is sometimes wrong.
The simple process of drilling and notching framing members to make a residential installation encompasses the building codes so knowledge of them is very important.

For those who made the statement that they didn?t study/know other codes so there was not a choice for them I apologize for my error but I would think that if you have ever read a section out of one that would constitute studying and knowing. I was just trying to keep it simple.

Sometimes we learn other codes/standards only after we have to affect repairs due to an inspection. I think that this method could lead to a very costly lesson. With the introduction of free access to the NFPA and ICC and knowing how to look something up in them might prevent one from doing something that the inspector is mistaken about also.

Again thank you for responding
 
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