What do you do with your old code books?

[480sparky]

(The year is 2052)
I am looking for a 2033 PDF of the NEC.

I have a complete collection from 1996 on.

Computers are so...... 2030!

PDF's are so archaic. Don't you have the holocube version?

Holocube? Man, those are ancient history, dude! It's DNNU* these days!





* DNND = Direct Neural Net Upload.

 

[K8MHZ]

I just ordered a 1975 off eBay. $4.10 plus $3.75 shipping.

Too cheap not to buy for my small (but growing) collection.

 

[tortuga]

I'm missing 13 (1896, 1897, 1899, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1913, 1918, 1940 w/1945 insert, 1942, 1954 and 1958). A have two that are reproductions, and a couple that are part of a Hawkins Catechism of Electricity. I think Mike Holt is missing 8. And even the NFPA has 5 original issues that are AWOL. I know of no complete set, but I'm not the authority on the matter and there may be a complete collection of originals out there.

There's a seller on ebay that has a source for many old ones. We've corresponded about possibly getting together sometime and putting our collections together to create a complete original set just as a photo op. But there's about 1200 miles between us.
Some years aren't actual updates, they were merely the 'current' edition printed the following year. The standard 3-year cycle wasn't adopted until 1962.

Wow interesting I don't think the first NEC was adopted until 1897 so I imagine there is no 1896 'official edition' of the NEC? Its kinda strange they call the 2017 NEC the 54th 'edition' as I think there are only 44 'official editions' and 10 supplements or printings , not including 1960 and 1896?
Cheers

 

[480sparky]

Wow interesting I don't think the first NEC was adopted until 1897 so I imagine there is no 1896 'official edition' of the NEC? Its kinda strange they call the 2017 NEC the 54th 'edition' as I think there are only 44 'official editions' and 10 supplements or printings , not including 1960 and 1896?
Cheers

The language of the NEC dates back to 1882. It wasn't called the "NEC" back then.

 

[markselectricalservice]

Keep them for sure and hard copy. It can be very useful to look at the history of code changes, knowing the history can be very useful in an interpretation for sure.