State electrical rules on CD Rom

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tom baker

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Washington State has its own code and licensing rules, this year they are sending a CD-ROM of the the rules to all certified electricians, about 22,000 or so. It only costs 0.50 to make and mail the CD rom as compared to $5.00 for the printed version, 124 double sided pages.
I wonder how many will take the time to print out the rules, but it is a big cost savings to the state. Has anyone else seen a state do this?
 
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Indiana publishes their's on the Internet and you can download it for your own printing costs. In the case of the Indiana Residential Code, you can either download the amendments or purchase the entire document with the Indiana amendments. :D
 
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I forgot to add the state code rules can also be downloaded from the internet.
 
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So in your states, the authorities have basically said that the NEC is irrelevant and that they are going to have their own rules instead? I know that's permissible, as the NEC only has the force of law if an AHJ decides to adopt it. In my state (Minnesota), they adopt the entire NEC statewide, and they tend to upgrade to the latest edition shortly after it comes out. Sometimes there are a few local requirements in addition to what the NEC requires, but there's never anything that conflicts with the NEC or waives certain NEC rules.

I'm wondering how much your state rules differ from the NEC. Why do they do it that way instead of just adopting the NEC and making whatever modifications they feel are necessary?

[ September 15, 2004, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: jeff43222 ]
 
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The NEC is not considered irrelevant by the State of Washington. However, there is a Board of electrical professionals who review each new edition of the NEC, and decide whether to adopt it as-is or to amend it first. They publish their changes in the Washington Administrative Code. The changes may be either more restrictive or less restrictive, but are in keeping with a long history of installation practices in this State.

You can browse through the current version of the WAC at this web site.
 
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Same thing for us here in Mass, we use the NEC with about 60 or 70 amendments.

Some are more restrictive some are less restrictive.

And just as in Washinton are in keeping with a long history of installation practices in this State. :)
 
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jeff43222: Washington does a great job with its state rules, in many cases they fix mistakes in the NEC. About 75% of the state rules deal with certification and permits. We also have some specific language for plan review, industrial control panels and traffic managment systems that the NEC does not.

[ September 15, 2004, 05:41 PM: Message edited by: tom baker ]
 
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I know of one city that takes an electronic file of the NEC, and edits their own changes and additions into the file. They use a ?Track Changes? feature, so that the printed version of their code shows the original NEC text being deleted, and their own words being added. To do work in that city, you have to use their version.
 
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I had a feeling that states with their own rules started with the NEC and made whatever changes they felt were necessary. From the original posts, I mistakenly inferred that some states decided to be mavericks and did their own thing with regard to codes and ignored the NEC altogether.

Even though I have no plans to relocate, I'm always curious to learn how things are done in other parts of the country.
 
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Tom, could you post the internet address where the Washington State code rules can be found.
Thanks
 
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