McGraw-Hill National Electrical Code 2008 Handbook, 26th Ed.

26th Edition
0071546553 · 9780071546553
The #1 Guide to the 2008 NEC® to Ensure that Electrical Work Passes Inspection on the First Try! Completely revised and updated to reflect all 2008 Code changes, McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2008 Handbook, 26th Edition provides the esse… Read More
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Table of Contents follows the numbered heads of the NEC.

Chapter 1

100 Definitions

110 Requirements for Electrical Installations

Chapter 2

200 Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors

210 Branch Circuits

215 Feeders

220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Calculations

225 Outside Branch Circuits and Feeders

230 Services

240 Overcurrent Protection

250 Grounding and Bonding

280 Surge Arresters

285 Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors (TVSS)

Chapter 3

300 Wiring Methods

310 Conductors for General Wiring

312 Cabinets, Cutout Boxes, and Meter Socket Enclosures

314 Outlet, Device, Pull, and Junction Boxes; Conduit Bodies; Fittings; and Handhole Enclosures

320 Armored Cable

322 Flat Cable Assemblies

324 Flat Conductor Cable: Type FCC

326 Integrated Gas Spacer Cable: Type IGS

328 Medium Voltage Cable: Type MV

330 Metal-Clad Cable

332 Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Cable

334 Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable

336 Power and Control Tray Cable: Type TC

338 Service-Entrance Cable

340 Underground Feeder and Branch-Circuit Cable

342 Intermediate Metal Conduit

344 Rigid Metal Conduit

348 Flexible Metal Conduit: Type FMC

350 Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit: Type LFMC

352 Rigid Nonmetallic Conduit

353 High Density Poleethelene Conduit: Type HDPE

356 Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit: Type LFNC

358 Electrical Metallic Tubing: Type EMT

360 Flexible Metallic Tubing: Type FMC

362 Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing: Type ENT

366 Auxiliary Gutters

368 Busways

370 Cablebus

372 Cellular Concrete Floor Raceways

374 Cellular Metal Floor Raceways

376 Metal Wireways

378 Nonmetallic Wireways

380 Multioutlet Assembly

382 Nonmetallic Extensions

384 Strut-Type Channel Raceway

386 Surface Metal Raceways

388 Surface nonmetallic Raceways

390 Underfloor Raceways

392 Cable Trays

394 Concealed Knob-and-Tube Wiring

396 Messenger-Supported Wiring

398 Open Wiring on Insulators

Chapter 4

400 Flexible Cords and Cables

402 Fixture Wires

404 Switches

406 Receptacles, Cord Connectors, and Attachment Plugs (CAPS)

408 Switchboards and Panelboards

409 Industrial Control Panels

410 Luminaires, Lampholders, and Lamps

411 Lighting Systems Operating at 30 Volts or Less

422 Appliances

424 Fixed Electric Space-heating Equipment

426 Fixed Outdoor Electric Deicing and Snow-Melting Equipment

427 Fixed Electric Heating Equipment for Pipelines and Vessels

430 Motors, Motor Circuits, and Controllers

440 Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Equipment

445 Generators

450 Transformers and Transformer Vaults (Including Secondary Ties)

455 Phase Converters

460 Capacitors

470 Resistors and Reactors

480 Storage Batteries

490 Equipment Over 600 Volts Nominal

Chapter 5

500 Hazardous (Classified) Locations

501 Class I Locations

502 Class II Locations

503 Class III Locations

504 Intrinsically Safe Systems

505 Class I, Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations

511 Commercial Garages, Repair and Storage

513 Aircraft Hangars

514 Gasoline Dispensing and Service Stations

515 Bulk Storage Plants

516 Spray Application, Dipping, and Coating Processes

517 Health Care Facilities

518 Places of Assembly

520 Theaters, Audience Areas of Motion Picture and Television Studios, and Similar Locations

525 Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, and Similar Events

530 Motion Picture and Television Studios and Similar Locations

540 Motion Picture Projections Rooms

547 Agricultural Buildings

550 Mobile Homes, Manufactured Homes, and Mobile Home Parks

551 Recreational Vehicles and Recreational Vehicle Parks

553 Floating Buildings

555 Marinas and Boatyards

590 Temporary Wiring

Chapter 6

600 Electric Signs and Outline Lighting

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With the new addition of Frederic P. Hartwell to the author team, this time-tested reference has been rigorously revised and rewritten to cover all the information needed to meet 2008 Code requirements. Covering every topic in the 2008 Code, the coverage ranges from grounded conductors, branch circuits, feeders, surge arresters, wiring methods, cables, conduits, and switches…to hazardous locations, emergency systems, communications circuits, and product safety standards. McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2008 Handbook, 26th Edition features a bind-in card with a code that enables users to download the searchable e-book and the following new coverage:

  • New rules, terminology, and definitions that modify key grounding concepts
  • New rules for GFCIs and AFCIs
  • Fire pumps
  • Repair garage area classifications
  • Solar photovoltaic systems, including utility interactive inverters
  • Extensive coverage of how to size conductors under all loading conditions
  • Critical operations power systems (COPS)-the new Article 708 on hardened facilities

Inside this Practice-Oriented Guide to the 2008 NEC®
• Requirements for Electrical Installations • Branch Circuits • Feeders • Services • Surge Arresters • Wiring Methods • Cables • Conduits • Tubing • Busways • Wireways • Raceways • Fixture Wires • Switches • Appliances • Generators • Capacitors • Storage Batteries • Hazardous Locations • Temporary Wiring • Emergency Systems • Communications Circuits • Tables • Examples • And Much More!