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Jim Maldonado, C.B.O., has over twenty-one years of municipal inspection and plan review experience in Arizona, and he is a member of the IAEI.

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Is your city stealing from you?

Is Your City Stealing from You?

[ 0 ] By  |  January 1, 2009  |  IAEI January-February 2009

Most people don’t think too much about what their city does for them until something goes wrong. What services do the cities provide to their residents and how much do they charge? Most cities are in the business of providing public safety services through their fire and police departments and through the courts. They also [...]

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Figure 1. The above is a slide from the upcoming Analysis of Changes NEC-2008. The Code is consistently evolving to encompass the latest methods and materials to provide the safest environment possible for users of such things as swimming pools. This sect

A Swimming Pool Is Just a Big Bathtub, Isn’t It?

[ 0 ] By  |  July 11, 2007  |  IAEI July-August 2007

The answer to this question is yes and no. That sounds like an answer from an inspector, doesn’t it? Yes, it is just a large container of water, but when you mix electrical equipment, such as pumps, heaters, and lighting with this large container of water, there can be problems. Article 680 addresses “…all swimming, [...]

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Natural and Artificially Made Bodies of Water

[ 0 ] By  |  July 18, 2005  |  http://www.iaei.org/magazine/category/2005/july05/

In the nearly 30 years that I have been dealing with the National Electrical Code, it never ceases to amaze me how many new applications we as code officials encounter that require us to apply the Code to installations not directly mentioned in the Code. Many times we look at installations during inspections or plan [...]

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