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NFPA 70: National Electrical Code Handbook, 2011
- National Electrical Code
Handbook
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Introduction Article
90 [Go to Page]
- 90.1 Purpose
- 90.2 Scope
- 90.3 Code Arrangement
- 90.4 Enforcement
- 90.5 Mandatory Rules, Permissive Rules, and
Explanatory Material
- 90.6 Formal Interpretations
- 90.7 Examination of Equipment for Safety
- 90.8 Wiring Planning
- 90.9 Units of Measurement
- 1 General -
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- ARTICLE 100
Definitions
- ARTICLE 110 Requirements for Electrical
Installations
- 2 Wiring and Protection -
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- ARTICLE 200 Use and Identification of
Grounded Conductors
- ARTICLE 210
Branch Circuits
- ARTICLE 215
Feeders
- ARTICLE 220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service
Calculations
- ARTICLE 225 Outside Branch Circuits and
Feeders
- ARTICLE 230
Services
- ARTICLE 240
Overcurrent Protection
- ARTICLE 250
Grounding and Bonding
- ARTICLE 280
Surge Arresters, Over 1 kV
- ARTICLE 285 Surge-Protective Devices (SPDs),
1 kV or Less
- 3 Wiring Methods and Materials - -
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- ARTICLE 300 Wiring Methods
- ARTICLE 310
Conductors for General Wiring
- ARTICLE 312 Cabinets, Cutout Boxes, and Meter
Socket Enclosures
- ARTICLE 314 Outlet, Device, Pull, and Junction Boxes; Conduit Bodies; Fittings;
and Handhole Enclosures
- ARTICLE 320
Armored Cable: Type AC
- ARTICLE 322
Flat Cable Assemblies: Type FC
- ARTICLE 324
Flat Conductor Cable: Type FCC
- ARTICLE 326
Integrated Gas Spacer Cable:Type IGS
- ARTICLE 328
Medium Voltage Cable: Type MV
- ARTICLE 330
Metal-Clad Cable: Type MC
- ARTICLE 332 Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed
Cable: Type MI
- ARTICLE 334 Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable:
Types NM, NMC, and NMS
- ARTICLE 336 Power and Control Tray Cable:
Type TC
- ARTICLE 338 Service-Entrance Cable:
Types SE and USE
- ARTICLE 340 Underground Feeder and
Branch-Circuit Cable: Type UF
- ARTICLE 342 Intermediate Metal Conduit:
Type IMC
- ARTICLE 344
Rigid Metal Conduit: Type RMC
- ARTICLE 348 Flexible Metal Conduit: Type FMC
- ARTICLE 350
Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit:
Type LFMC
- ARTICLE 352 Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride Conduit:
Type PVC
- ARTICLE 353 High Density Polyethylene Conduit:
Type HDPE Conduit
- ARTICLE 354 Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors:
Type NUCC
- ARTICLE 355 Reinforced Thermosetting Resin
Conduit: Type RTRC
- ARTICLE 356 Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic
Conduit: Type LFNC
- ARTICLE 358
Electrical Metallic Tubing:Type EMT
- ARTICLE 360
Flexible Metallic Tubing: Type FMT
- ARTICLE 362
Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing:Type ENT
- ARTICLE 366
Auxiliary Gutters
- ARTICLE 368
Busways
- ARTICLE 370
Cablebus
- ARTICLE 372
Cellular Concrete Floor Raceways
- ARTICLE 374
Cellular Metal Floor Raceways
- ARTICLE 376
Metal Wireways
- ARTICLE 378 Nonmetallic Wireways
- ARTICLE 380 Multioutlet Assembly
- ARTICLE 382
Nonmetallic Extensions
- ARTICLE 384
Strut-Type Channel Raceway
- ARTICLE 386
Surface Metal Raceways
- ARTICLE 388
Surface Nonmetallic Raceways
- ARTICLE 390
Underfloor Raceways
- ARTICLE 392
Cable Trays
- ARTICLE 394 Concealed Knob-and-Tube Wiring
- ARTICLE 396
Messenger-Supported Wiring
- ARTICLE 398
Open Wiring on Insulators
- ARTICLE 399
Outdoor Overhead Conductors over600 Volts
- 4 Equipment for
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- ARTICLE 400
Flexible Cords and Cables
- ARTICLE 402 Fixture Wires
- ARTICLE 404 Switches
- ARTICLE 406 Receptacles, Cord Connectors, and
Attachment Plugs (Caps)
- ARTICLE 408
Switchboards and Panelboards
- ARTICLE 409 Industrial Control Panels
- ARTICLE 410 Luminaires, Lampholders, andLamps
- ARTICLE 411 Lighting Systems Operating at30 Volts or Less
- ARTICLE 422 Appliances
- ARTICLE 424 Fixed Electric Space-HeatingEquipment
- ARTICLE 426 Fixed Outdoor Electric Deicing andSnow-Melting Equipment
- ARTICLE 427
Fixed Electric Heating Equipmentfor Pipelines and Vessels
- ARTICLE 430 Motors, Motor Circuits, and
Controllers
- ARTICLE 440 Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating
Equipment
- ARTICLE 445 Generators
- ARTICLE 450 Transformers and Transformer
Vaults (Including Secondary Ties)
- ARTICLE 455
Phase Converters
- ARTICLE 460 Capacitors
- ARTICLE 470 Resistors and Reactors
- ARTICLE 480 Storage Batteries
- ARTICLE 490 Equipment, Over 600 Volts,Nominal
- 5 Special
Occupancies [Go to Page]
- ARTICLE 500
Hazardous (Classified) Locations,Classes I, II, and III, Divisions 1 and 2
- ARTICLE 501 Class I Locations
- ARTICLE 502 Class II Locations
- ARTICLE 503 Class III Locations
- ARTICLE 504
Intrinsically Safe Systems
- ARTICLE 505
Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations
- ARTICLE 506 Zone 20, 21, and 22 Locations for Combustible Dusts or Ignitible
Fibers/Flyings
- ARTICLE 510 Hazardous (Classified) Locations -
Specific
- ARTICLE 511
Commercial Garages, Repairand Storage
- ARTICLE 513
Aircraft Hangars
- ARTICLE 514
Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities
- ARTICLE 515
Bulk Storage Plants
- ARTICLE 516
Spray Application, Dipping, andCoating Processes
- ARTICLE 517
Health Care Facilities
- ARTICLE 518
Assembly Occupancies
- ARTICLE 520 Theaters, Audience Areas of Motion Picture and Television Studios Performance Areas, and Similar
Locations
- ARTICLE 522 Control Systems for Permanent
Amusement Attractions
- ARTICLE 525 Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, and
Similar Events
- ARTICLE 530
Motion Picture and TelevisionStudios and Similar Locations
- ARTICLE 540
Motion Picture Projection Rooms
- ARTICLE 545
Manufactured Buildings
- ARTICLE 547
Agricultural Buildings
- ARTICLE 550 Mobile Homes, Manufactured
Homes, and Mobile Home Parks
- ARTICLE 551 Recreational Vehicles and
Recreational Vehicle Parks
- ARTICLE 552
Park Trailers
- ARTICLE 553
Floating Buildings
- ARTICLE 555
Marinas and Boatyards
- ARTICLE 590
Temporary Installations
- 6 Special
Equipment [Go to Page]
- ARTICLE 600 Electric Signs and Outline Lighting
- ARTICLE 604 Manufactured Wiring Systems
- ARTICLE 605 Office Furnishings (Consisting of Lighting Accessories and Wired Partitions)
- ARTICLE 610 Cranes and Hoists
- ARTICLE 620 Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Platform Lifts, and Stairway Chairlifts
- ARTICLE 625 Electric Vehicle Charging System
- ARTICLE 626 Electrified Truck Parking Spaces
- ARTICLE 630 Electric Welders
- ARTICLE 640 Audio Signal Processing, Amplification, and Reproduction
Equipment
- ARTICLE 645
Information Technology Equipment
- ARTICLE 647
Sensitive Electronic Equipment
- ARTICLE 650
Pipe Organs
- ARTICLE 660
X-Ray Equipment
- ARTICLE 665 Induction and Dielectric Heating
Equipment
- ARTICLE 668
Electrolytic Cells
- ARTICLE 669
Electroplating
- ARTICLE 670
Industrial Machinery
- ARTICLE 675 Electrically Driven or Controlled
Irrigation Machines
- ARTICLE 680 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and
Similar Installations
- ARTICLE 682 Natural and Artificially Made
Bodies of Water
- ARTICLE 685
Integrated Electrical Systems
- ARTICLE 690
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems
- ARTICLE 692
Fuel Cell Systems
- ARTICLE 694
Small Wind Electric Systems
- ARTICLE 695
Fire Pumps
- 7 Special
Conditions [Go to Page]
- ARTICLE 700
Emergency Systems
- ARTICLE 701
Legally Required Standby Systems
- ARTICLE 702 Optional Standby Systems
- ARTICLE 705 Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources
- ARTICLE 708 Critical Operations Power Systems(COPS)
- ARTICLE 720 Circuits and Equipment Operating at Less Than 50 Volts
- ARTICLE 725 Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 Remote-Control, Signaling, and
Power-Limited Circuits
- ARTICLE 727 Instrumentation Tray Cable:Type ITC
- ARTICLE 760
Fire Alarm Systems
- ARTICLE 770 Optical Fiber Cables
and Raceways
- 8 Communications
Systems [Go to Page]
- ARTICLE 800
Communications Circuits
- ARTICLE 810
Radio and Television Equipment
- ARTICLE 820 Community Antenna Television and
Radio Distribution Systems
- ARTICLE 830 Network-Powered Broadband
Communications Systems
- ARTICLE 840 Premises-Powered Broadband
Communications Systems
- 9 Tables
- Informative Annex A Product Safety Standards
- Informative Annex
B Application Information for Ampacity Calculation
- Informative Annex C
Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables for Conductors and Fixture Wires of the Same Size
- Informative Annex D Examples
- Informative Annex E Types of Construction
- Informative Annex F Availability and Reliability for Critical Operations Power Systems;
- Informative Annex G
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
- Informa
tive Annex H Administration and Enforcement
- Informative Annex I
Recommended Tightening Torque Tables from UL Standard 486A-B
- Index
- IMPORTANT NOTICES AND DISCLAIMERS [Go to Page]