About the Book
Designed as a how to guide on reading and interpreting the 2005 National Electrical Code(r), Applied Codeology is a working companion to the Code(r), written by the experts at the NJATC. Apprentices, journeyman, contractors, engineers, designers, and estimators alike will benefit from this positive, systematic approach to understanding the Code(r). Readers are encouraged to first examine a section from the Code(r) Book before referring to the correlating annotations in this manual. Where questions are used to illustrate the applied codeology system, users are requested to locate the answer in the suggested Code(r) article before checking the answer in this book. This methodical handling of and practice using the Code(r) Book encourages proficiency in users, and soon they will be able to decide where the answer is located before the Code(r) Book is even opened. The result is better electrical installations through a higher Code understanding, as well as optimization of the Code(r) Book as a first-rate tool of the trade.
Table of Contents:
Unit 1- The Development of the National Electrical Code: The NEC Process, Sequence of Events, Committee Memebership Classifications, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 2- Basic Building Block #1: NEC Table of Contents, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 3- Basic Building Block #2: Section 90.3: The Arrangement of the NEC, Section 90.3, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 4 Basic Building Block #3: NEC Structure: NEC Organization, Mandatory Rules, Permissive Rules, and Explanatory Material, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 5- Basic Building Block #4: Article 100: The Language of the NEC: NEC Language: Article 100, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 6- Codeology Fundamentals: Marking up Your Codebook, Clues and Keywords, The Four Basic Building Blocks of the Codeology Method, Getting in the Right Chapter, Article, and Part, Fundamental Steps Unsing Codeology, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 7- Article 90, The Introduction to the NEC: NEC How to Begin, Article 90 Introduction, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 8- Chapter 1 of the NEC, General: NEC Chapter 1-General, Article 110 Requirements for Electrical Installations Part I General, Part 11 600 Volt, Nominal or Less, Part II Over 600 Volts, Nominal, Part IV Tunnel Installations Over 600 Volts, Nominal, Part V Manholes and Other Electric enclosures Intended for Personnel Entry, All Voltages, Key Words/Clues for Chapter 1- General, Summary, Review Questions, Practice Problems. Unit 9- Chapter 2 of the NEC, "Plan": Wiring, Protection, Key Words/Clues for Chapter 2, "Plan", Think Plan and go to Chapter 2, Summary, Review questions, Practice Problems. Unit 10- Chapter 3 of the NEC, "Build": NEC Chapter 3 "Build", Wiring Methods, General Information for all Wiring Methods and Materials, Cabinets, Boxes, Fittings, and Meter Socket/Handhole Enclosures, Cable Assemblies and Raceways, Key Worsds/Clues for Chapter 3, "Build", Think Build and go to Chapter 3, Summary, review Questions, Practice Problems. Unit 11- Chapter 4 of the NEC, "USE": NEC: Chapter 4 "Use", Categoration of Chapter 4, Key Words/Clues for Chapter 4, "Use", Summary, Review Questions, Practice Problems. Unit 12- Chapters 5, 6, and 7 of the NEC, Special: Arangement of the Special Chapters, The general, Plan, Build, and Use Stages are Modified and Supplemented by Chapters 5, 6, and 7, NEC Chapter 5 "Special Occupancies", Hazardous Locations, Zone Classifications System, Health Care Facilities, Assembly Occupancies for 100 or More Persons, Entertainment Venues, Agricultural Buildings for Poultry, Livestock and Fish, Manufactured Buildings, Dwellings and Recreational Structures, Structures on or Adjacent to Bodies of Water, Temporary Installations, NEC Chapter 6 "Special Equipment", NEC Chapter 7 "Special Conditions", Summary, Review Questions, Practice Problems. Unit 13- Chapter 8 of the NEC, Communications Systems: NEC: Chapter 8 Commuications Systems, Summary, Review Questions, Practice Problems. Unit 14- Chapter 9 of the NEC, Tables and Annexes: Tables, Annexs, Summary, Review Questions. Unit 15- Test Preparation: Electrical Contractor, Journeymand/Master Electrician and Inspector Exams Based on the NEC, Types of Exams, Reading Each Question, Types of Questions, Time Management, Summary, Review Questions Glossary Index.
