Steve Campolo is presently employed by Leviton Manufacturing Company Inc., and is vice president, engineering, personnel protection products. He has been with Leviton over 27 years. He has prior experience at Underwriters Laboratories, Dayton T. Brown Laboratories and others. His education includes a master's degree from Long Island University, a bachelor's degree from New York Institute of Technology and an associate's degree from Suffolk County Community College. Mr. Campolo served on code-making panel 17 for two and one-half cycles and is now serving on panel 18. He also serves on the UL STP for transient voltage surge suppressers, flexible cords, appliance leakage circuit interrupters, electronic controls, arc-fault circuit interrupters, ground-fault circuit interrupters and others. He is also chairman of the NEMA Technical Committee for GFCI's.
Anyone who has served on an NEC code-making panel or a standards development organization’s advisory committee, knows how intertwined these two endeavors are. Simply being a user of the NEC or any third party product standard, one sees that the interrelationship between a product standard and the applicable installation code is paramount to safety and [...]
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These are challenging times for the electrical inspection community, safety organizations such as Underwriters Laboratories, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and electrical device manufacturers. As proof, just look at the electrical infrastructure inside today’s homes. New homes are getting bigger and bigger, and a wider variety of electrical products are being installed in these homes [...]
(No Ratings Yet)The 2002 National Electrical Code (NEC) requires that the branch circuits supplying outlets of dwelling unit bedrooms, as well as mobile homes and manufactured home bedrooms, be protected by arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs). Rules 210.12 and 550.25 are clear in this requirement. However there is considerable confusion as to which type of AFCI meets the [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Introduction The National Electrical Code (NEC), sometimes referred to as NFPA 70, is the preeminent code covering electrical installations in the United States and in many other countries. Section 90-1(b) of the 1999 edition says: (b) Adequacy. This Code contains provisions that are considered necessary for safety. Compliance therewith and proper maintenance will result in [...]
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