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The only issue with NFPA link is the TIA and revision numbers. I use link for 99% of things but will reference CEC (California Electric Code) if I see a "TIA" mark.
When a state adopts the code they adopt a book version revision number. For the states that adopt 3 years behind (like California) you usually end up with a more or less cleaned up version. But there are outliers where there are TIAs in the online version that are not in your state's adopted version.
It can be fairly confusing when you get into the weeds of it.
An example of this is 210.8(F) exception 2. Your printed copy will most likely not have an exception 2. Exception 2 was not adopted by the 2022 CEC. And so the question becomes, can you use that exception? That will require guidance from your AHJ. There has been detailed talks with inspectors that handle accident investigations and this issue of TIAs looking like they are code in NFPAlink but they are not in adopted and printed copies of code.
I typically buy a handbook copy and have NFPA link.
I have never owned a handbook. It appears there is a combination book with the NEC and handbook? Or do I need to purchase two separate books? Thanks, and Merry Christmas
I would recommend that you spend the extra money on a Illustrated version of the NEC for the first purchase. Have a few if them and the hundreds of illustrations and explanations are price less. The older I get the more I appreciate installing color tabs on my code books. Read several times the knockoff NEC books that Amazon sell are incomplete.
