The National Electrical Code

All across this country on a daily basis construction jobs of varying size and types are built to varying specifications. Each specification is bound by clearly illustrated performance and workmanship standards within the national codes that are separated by division such as mechanical and electrical. If a buildings electrical system is installed to just a minimum standard it will be putting allot of people in harm’s way. Electricity is dangerous and explosions from things like an arc flash is something no one wants to see happen; but the fact is they do.. How can you be assured that the installation of a system in a given building or home is safe? The Code. The national electrical code gives the inspectors, contractors and the project crew
It was difficult for the manufactured products to meet the requirements from all five codes, so something had to be done to develop a single national electric code. The committee that met in 1896 recognizing that the five existing codes should be used collectively as the basis for the new code. The first known instance international harmonization the group also referred to the German code, the code of the British Board of Trade and the Phoenix rules in England. The importance of industry consensus was immediately recognized. Before the committee met again in 1897 the new code was reviewed by 1200 individuals in the United States and Europe. Shortly thereafter the first US electrical standardized code was
These minimum requirements have been extended in the NEiS (National Electrical Installation Standards) and taken a step further to include standards that are voluntary, but they address quality and performance issues in the electrical industry that are important to specifiers like architects, engineers and those involved in developing or specifying electrical installations on their properties which sometimes exceeds minimum