Digital NEC

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MNSparky

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I'm looking for suggestions for a digital NEC product for the 2017 NEC. I've used paper books up until now and I think a digital version would be easier/quicker. I use an iPad for everything so it would have to be Apple friendly.

It would be nice if it was searchable, and if it had clarifying notes and pictures in it like the handbook. anyone have a favorite that I can look into?

Thanks all! :)
 
MNSparky said:
I'm looking for suggestions for a digital NEC product for the 2017 NEC. I've used paper books up until now and I think a digital version would be easier/quicker. I use an iPad for everything so it would have to be Apple friendly.

It would be nice if it was searchable, and if it had clarifying notes and pictures in it like the handbook. anyone have a favorite that I can look into?

Thanks all! :)
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I bought the NFPA NEC 2017 handbook pdf and really like it. It has a find feature, not sure how it would work on your iPad.
 
I use the PDF handbook on my iPad without any problem.
I use the Bluebeam app.
 
Who cares about the digital NEC? I want NEC Glasses so I can read the code all day long no matter where I am. I heard Iwire is beta testing them.
 
peter d said:
Who cares about the digital NEC? I want NEC Glasses so I can read the code all day long no matter where I am. I heard Iwire is beta testing them.
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Pfft. I have a USB port on the left side of my head so I can upload the NEC directly into my brain.
 
I would have waited for the app if I knew when it would be available, instead I bought th E-Book. I never tried the app, but I am guessing it' better than the E-Book.

I have the E-Book on my work iPad, my iPhone and my personal galaxy tablet. On the galaxy and the phone it is slower to jump to pages, the iPad is just about instant. My biggest complaint is that there is no back button. It is hyper linked, so jumping to an article mid sentence is nice, it's not jumping back that sucks. You could create a bookmark before the jump, and delete when you come back, but you shouldn't need to, if it had a back button.

It it is not as good as the old folio view version of the codebook, but better than a PDF. It does sync between devices, so any highlights or bookmarks are on all the devices, it even opens to the last page you were on when you open it on a different device.

I think the the app has code quizzes? That would be nice. Oh well, I guess it's good that you don't waste every lunch break doing code quizzes!
 
Digital NEC

I scanned my paper copy of NEC, and then I added all the chapter bookmarks using acrobat pro. It will take a solid day, but you're going to use it for a minimum of three years.

I have it in iBooks on all my iOS devices and on my computer. Fully searchable within iBooks, and you can bookmark commonly used pages.


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