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Best you can do, AFAIK, is look at the publication date on the copy you have.
But even that may not be consistent across print and various electronic versions.
TIAs do not strictly get incorporated into the NEC since, unlike errata they have no effect unless adopted by a local authority.
But you can ask whether or not a copy of a particular TIA is attached to the published copy.
A TIA can be issued at any time, even after a later version of the Code has been published, although the intent of a TIA is usually incorporated by the CMPs into any new code cycle.
But even that may not be consistent across print and various electronic versions.
TIAs do not strictly get incorporated into the NEC since, unlike errata they have no effect unless adopted by a local authority.
But you can ask whether or not a copy of a particular TIA is attached to the published copy.
A TIA can be issued at any time, even after a later version of the Code has been published, although the intent of a TIA is usually incorporated by the CMPs into any new code cycle.
I've heard that the series of numbers printed at the bottom of either the inside front cover or on the very first page tells you the printing run. But I don't think that's true because otherwise every NEC I have back to 1993 is the first printing.
You can always check the NFPA website for TIA and Errata and print them to include into your book.
You can always check the NFPA website for TIA and Errata and print them to include into your book.
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looked up errata information on NFPA site and it says last number on bottom of first page is the number of the printing run. It says that on errata information for 2005 and 2011, 2014 doesn't say how to determine which run you have, and it didn't give me a link to errata for 2008, but surely there was some corrections needed.
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It says right on the errata pages on the NFPA site what edition they apply to, and also mentions electronic versions may already have the changes updated.
Otherwise you need to look at errata data on NFPA and determine what publication date your copy is. If your copy is newer then the errata date, the changes should already be included in your copy.
Otherwise you need to look at errata data on NFPA and determine what publication date your copy is. If your copy is newer then the errata date, the changes should already be included in your copy.
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did you happen to order most of them before they published the first run? I used to have a place that put in a large order of books CD's (when they were still being made), etc. and the earlier you reserved your copy the better price you would get. They were taking orders long before the first editions were published. This was from NIEC (Nebraska Iowa Electrical Counsel) which you may or may not have heard of, I think they are based in Council Bluffs, and put on trade shows, CEU's and other things.
Some of them I bought used off ebay. I find it hard to believe that every one I own is a first printing.
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Someone bought new books instead of printing off errata data and sticking it inside their book?
I didn't buy them all from the same seller. Nor did I purchase them at the same time. And there's nothing to require anyone to print an errata and stick it in their codebook.
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Just some possibilities being mentioned there, and no you aren't required to print errata and stick it in your book, but might be an effective way to have those changes handy unless you choose to buy an updated book instead.
I don't think you're pickin' up what I'm layin' down. It's not about having an errata in a book.
It's about using the numbers printed in the front to determine whether the errata applies to a specific printing of the code. A first printing would most likely have an error addressed in an errata, but having a third or fourth printing might have the error corrected.
That is what the OP is asking..... how to determine which printing a given copy is. All mine have the numbers all the way down to 1. I find it hard to believe all my codebooks are ALL first-run printings.
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Still much higher chance of that then picking the numbers for the powerball jackpot I would imagine
How many more books are likely printed with that first run then with any additional runs?
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