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Jim Dollard is the coordinator of Safety, Codes/Standards and Journeyman Training for IBEW Local 98 in Philadelphia. He is the present chairman of Code Making Panel 10, past member of CMP-15 and member of the Usability subtask group, which reorganized the circular raceway articles.

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Electrical Safety: A Changing Environment

[ 0 ] By  |  May 12, 2007  |  IAEI May-June 2007

What does the term electrical safety really mean? Stop reading for a moment and think about what electrical safety means to you. The hazards are electrical shock, arc-flash and arc-blast. Electrical safety is achieved by taking all of the necessary steps to provide our homes with safe electrical systems and by ensuring that everyone goes [...]

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Table 1. Difference between the 25-tap rule in 240.21(C)(6) and existing 10-foot tap rule in 240.21(C)(2)

Feeder and Transformer Secondary Tap Conductors

[ 0 ] By  |  March 11, 2002  |  IAEI March-April 2002

Applying the rules of the 2002 NEC for tap conductors is a topic that has generated many interesting code discussions on jobsites as well as at inspector meetings. The discussion and application of the tap rules in the NEC must begin with the conductor in question.

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