It would require a huge investment of people, time, and MONEY to scan every code from the beginning, and make it available online… For free!
If my Retirement Plan works out, (I buy one Powerball© and one mega millions© every time I buy snuff… Now down to once every 1/2-2 weeks). I might check back here to see if anyone else was interested. Maybe some arbitrary cutoff of two or three code cycles back, NFPA has to make money somehow. And there may be lawyers involved.
Might be only hearsay, but I have heard that the part where it says/said "protect life and property" (which I can't find right now, big general problem when I'm reading the code anyhow) supposedly did not include "life" in the original version or two.
It is my understanding that ALL CODES were originally started/most likely funded by insurance companies. Same concept as the 'Hartford loop' for low-pressure steam boilers.
Regardless of what the original preamble or whatever it's called said or didn't say.....Any thought of/for human life has been secondary up until fairly recent times IMO. It's Primarily/always about the money to replace property, unfortunately. Gold digging lawyers (40% fee currently ?) And their willing accomplices are a fairly recent phenomena.
New American credo : if you can't be X, SUE X
But 'we the people' successfully turned the tables on TPTB* at least once in reference to codes. Please bear in mind that all codes as far as I'm aware are the absolute MINIMUM for 'safety'. While hard to read/interpret unless you are willing to invest a huge amount of personal time, The codes are a great tool. End of story IMO (In My Opinion)
I finally heard the term enough times, (NEC style manual ) that I have attempted to read it at least a few times. The first thing I noticed was the .10 (uses permitted ) and .12 (uses not permitted)..(Hope I got that right!)...Convention(s)', I think this/they're called … are common in many articles, or whatever you call them, LOL! Several other 'things' make more sense once you attempt to start to read this manual.
My original thoughts on trying to learn the code had to do with electrocution/fire/electrical damage quite naturally. (I have never been shocked, and I have never lied). I will concede that I have let the smoke out a few things.
Once the fire starts , EVERYTHING CLEARLY MAKES SENSE Relating to fire alarms/life safety from a human trying to escape a burning structure Perspective. it is only the cynic in me that feels that the requirements/standards are lowered as 'occupancy' diminishes.
Of course, 'money spent' is a very real and legitimate concern, more and more so every day. While I have been in a few 'residences' that are/were sprinkled, I'm pretty sure it would've been a nonstarter on average from the get go based on some of the quality of the work I've seen across the trades. And can you imagine the codes?… We would be arguing about why you should never install pipes full of standing water in locations exposed to ambient temperatures. (I don't believe they had 'dry systems' back when it was at least economically feasible to consider) plus… Did I mention 110.12?
omg! 110.10 and 110.12 don't follow the convention! unless I have yet again misinterpreted something.
No need to mention lawyers again. Or politicians… Hey! The vast majority of politicians are…
*TPTB = The Powers That Be
Big shout out to Mike Holt and everyone else involved to the current day. Thank You!
