Jeffrey S. Sargent

Jeff Sargent is a senior electrical specialist in the NFPA Electrical Engineering Department and is co-author of NFPA's Inspection Manual with Checklists. In addition to his work with the National Electrical Code Committee, he serves as a staff liaison to the Technical Committee on Electrical Systems Maintenance (NFPA 73), the Technical Committee on Electrical Equipment in Chemical Atmospheres (NFPA 496, 497 and 499), and Standard on Manufactured Housing Electrical Committee (NFPA 501). Jeff is the executive secretary to the NFPA Electrical Section and was a co-editor of the 2002 National Electrical Code Handbook. Prior to joining NFPA, Jeff was an electrical inspector with the New Hampshire Electricians' Licensing Board, the electrical inspector for the city of Portsmouth, NH, and an electrical instructor in the NH Technical College System. Jeff holds a master electrician's license in the state of NH and is certified through the IAEI electrical inspector program.

Articles

NFPA Hosts 5th Electrical Inspector’s Forum

NFPA hosted twenty-six authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) from twenty states and Canada at the 5th NFPA Electrical Inspectors Forum. The common thread linking the Forum attendees is that they are all responsible for and have field experience in inspecting installations and enforcing electrical safety requirements in their jurisdictions (NEC® for the U.S. and the Canadian Electrical Code® for Canada). Attendees represented state, county, municipal provincial and private inspection authorities.
MARCH-APRIL 2012

Using the Electrical Inspection Manual with Checklists – A Tool for Electrical Inspections

Every electrical inspector has been there, the first time out to approve an electrical installation as the "authority having jurisdiction.” Realizing the importance of his or her role in the safety chain, new electrical inspectors, and for that matter all electrical inspectors, want to perform their duties with a thorough and professional approach. In most cases the electrical inspector is the independent public safety advocate with no stake in a particular project other than to ensure that the end result is a safe installation that complies with all of the applicable NEC requirements. In some cases inspectors may be working as a "clerk of the works” or project inspector for a private concern.
MARCH-APRIL 2003

Focus on the Code

Would the addition of the control circuit conductors in one conduit of this power circuit run in parallel be a violation of having the same number of conductors and the same electrical characteristics

A parallel conductor branch circuit is run from a switchboard to a 3-phase rooftop air-conditioning unit using two metric designator 63 (2½ in. trade size) conduits with four 4/0 AWG copper conductors (3-phase, 1 EGC) in each conduit. One of the conduits also contains six 10 AWG Class 1, 120-volt control circuit conductors. Would the addition of the control circuit conductors in one conduit of this power circuit run in parallel be a violation of having the same number of conductors and the same electrical characteristics in each conduit?
MARCH-APRIL 2013