NFPA70A

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mbrooke said:
What is the reasoning behind NFPA70A? Doesn't the NEC already cover one and two family dwellings? :blink:



http://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-stand...es-and-standards?mode=code&code=70a&tab=about
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It does, and the description on the page you linked confirms that. It is a compilation of excerpts from the NEC which apply only to one or two family dwellings. With the extra pages that cover commercial and industrial left out to produce a smaller, easier to study and search document.

I suspect that the intention was to provide a new document that would not necessarily ever be adopted as a standard or incorporated by reference into the Building Code provisions for one and two family dwellings. But I may be wrong about that.
 
GoldDigger said:
It does, and the description on the page you linked confirms that. It is a compilation of excerpts from the NEC which apply only to one or two family dwellings. With the extra pages that cover commercial and industrial left out to produce a smaller, easier to study and search document.

I suspect that the intention was to provide a new document that would not necessarily ever be adopted as a standard or incorporated by reference into the Building Code provisions for one and two family dwellings. But I may be wrong about that.
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Odd thing is it stops on the 2005 code, yet it somehow still looks relevant on the NFPA's site?
 
It was an attempt by the NFPA to provide an alternative to the IRC, it did not pan out.

On a similar token the ICC at one point had offered an electrical code as a rival to the NEC, it was a failure also.
 
jumper said:
It was an attempt by the NFPA to provide an alternative to the IRC, it did not pan out.

On a similar token the ICC at one point had offered an electrical code as a rival to the NEC, it was a failure also.
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Im surprised it did not catch on, I really like it. I used to do tons of resi way back when, and having to thumb through 2/3 of material that did not pertain to residential would make finding relevant rules very hard for me. I think lack of recognition is what killed it off.
 
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