MASTER THE NEC PODCAST | E79 | Electrical Code Knowledge and 2026 NEC Updates PT 1

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Welcome to the Master of the NEC podcast, the ultimate
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destination for anyone passionate about the electrical trade. Whether you're
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a seasoned electrician, an eager apprentice, or just someone who
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wants to dive deep into the world of electrical work,
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you've come.
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To the right place.
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Join your host, Paul Abernathy, a true authority in the
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industry with over 38 years of trade experience, as he
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electrifies your mind with in-depth discussions, expert tips, and valuable
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insights that will keep you ahead of the curve. Each episode,
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Paul will illuminate the complexities of the trade, decode the
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National Electrical Code, and share the latest industry trends, all
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while empowering you to take your electrical career to the
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next level. So, gear up, plug in, and get ready
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to supercharge your knowledge, because with the Master the NEC Podcast,
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the power is in your hands.
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Now get ready. Here is your host, Paul Abernathy. Hi!
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What up, everybody?
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Welcome to another podcast here at Master the NEC Podcast,
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where we bring you things electrical, all things electrical. And again,
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if you have topics you want me to talk about
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on Master the NEC Podcast, I mean, we have over
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a thousand episodes that are out there. over the past decade. So,
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you know, if there's something you want me to talk about,
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something to elaborate on, just let me know. We've either
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done it and it's out there or we will do
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it and it can be put out there. So anyway,
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thank you to everybody that listens to our podcast.
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We appreciate it.
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And, you know, at the end of the day, you know,
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the reason I love doing podcasts is is because, you know,
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it allows me to be able to take a topic
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and kind of paint a mental picture for you. Because
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in many cases, you know, images, everybody loves video. And
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I'm a video guy. I don't have any problem with video.
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But podcasts are a bit more challenging. Now, I think
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we're seeing a surgence in podcasts again, which you thought
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it might be like kind of weighing off, you know,
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going away. People are like, who's going to listen to
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a podcast? But Dude, I listen to podcasts in the shower.
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I have one of those Bluetooth suction cups that goes
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in the shower, and it's tied to my phone. Dude,
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I play episodes of all types of podcasts I love
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to listen to. When I'm in the Tesla and I'm
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on a road trip, I've got a couple really good
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podcasts I listen to that are like horror. I don't
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know if they're horror. They're like the Jeffrey Dahmer story.
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I know that's morbid and all, but I'm always fascinated
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by things like... Ted Bundy and Casey, you know, it
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just people, what makes them snap to do shit like that?
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You know?
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And so I'm fascinated to listen to how their stories
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are similar and what, you know, it's always the after
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that type of thing. Anyway, point being, I have tons
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of podcast episodes that you can go listen to. So
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go check them out over in, uh, you can find
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it on any of you. Well, if you're listening, you
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found it, but for those out there that may stumble
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on this podcast or All you got to do is
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go to any social, no, not social, any search engine
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And you'll find it.
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But we also have the simulcasts on Electrify Podcast as
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well as Let's Ask Paul Podcast. So there are a
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lot of ways out there for you to listen. So
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we kind of do that. And, you know, we still
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get about 300,000 unique downloads across the entire platform a month.
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It was down for the last couple months a little
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bit because I really haven't been putting out that much
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new content.
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But we're changing that.
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A couple interesting announcements that I'll make available to folks.
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We will be starting.
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A new channel. Yes, a new channel.
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For Prismian and it's a podcast that we'll be doing
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for Prismian, uh, that, that I'm going to be hosting.
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So that's exciting news.
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Um, they're going to be doing a lot more education
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and I'm going to be heading that up and trying to,
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to work that out. Uh, because again, they're in a
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unique position to influence the industry. I mean, if you
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know anything about Prismian, uh, it, they purchased on cool wire.
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So they own on cool wire, uh, But they also
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own Atcor. So at the end of the day, and
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amongst other things, they are very unique because they can
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offer everything from cradle to grave. From now, raceways, cable trays.
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We make a tray cable that goes in those cable trays.
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They make fittings. So, and again, it's now just a
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complete package. And with that kind of impact... I felt
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it was necessary to bring responsibility to it. And so
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that's why I confronted the CEOs and said, we have
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a North American CEO at Prismian. And it was like, look,
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we need to be good stewards of the fact that
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we pretty much control the industry now. I mean, you
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can joke and say, yeah, yeah, yeah. But we are literally,
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Prismian is the world's largest wiring cable provider across the spectrum. Okay,
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so you can say what you want. You Google it, okay?
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They are the largest. And so with that responsibility, I
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think it's real important that we bring education. Now, a
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lot of companies have education, but that they don't really
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have the education that brings my kind of flair to it.
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For those that love me, great. For those that don't, eh,
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but you'll still get education. And that's what's important, right?
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The education.
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Okay, so- That's what we got going on. So I'm excited.
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I think that that's going to be a great addition
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to the Prismian family is the education and training. It's
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going to be Prismian Academy. and it's kind of like
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a takeoff on the Electrical Code Academy. Okay, that was
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the kind of thing. So I'm excited about it. Look
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for that to develop over the next couple months. Hopefully
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really get it rolling in the first of the year,
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but we're going to be working on it in the meantime.
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So that's exciting news for everything. Also, I should tell
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everybody that our 2026 program is out now, and I've
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had some people give some feedback that I want to
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address real quick. And also, by the way, today's topic,
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I'm going to talk about some Um, some of the
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changes or some of the things to be aware of
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in the 2026 cycle, uh, because our 2026 NEC fast
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tracks program is out. Some big changes to that is
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that it has a, every Wednesday evening we'll be doing
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a live, uh, session. Um, and so you, it's not required.
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You can come if you want. Um, and those will
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be recorded and shared over on fast tracks tube. So
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if you're a subscriber over there, you'll, you'll get to
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see it. Um, but some of the changes are that
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it's no longer lifetime. It's 12 months and people have
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been giving me a little bit of grief. They're like,
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why wouldn't it be lifetime? Well, that's the problem. When
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you give somebody lifetime shit, they want everything to be
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lifetime shit. Right. And it's just not how it works.
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So under the new agreements here, which were designed to
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kind of pull me back from having to constantly be
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coming up with content that way. We went back to
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the third party in partnership. And again, it's 12-month access. Now,
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you can renew it and get more access to it,
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continue your access to it, but it's going to be
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limited to 12-month access. And so whether you like it
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or not, my programs may not be the one for you.
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And I'm not saying our programs are for everybody. And
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there's a bunch of great programs out there. Mike Holt's
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got a great program. He's a great guy. His team,
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Mario and Brian and all them down there, great people
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have a great program. It will certainly help you learn
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the NEC. There's also other avenues out there that are
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less trustworthy, but they're out there. So again, we are
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not the only way to go. And I would never.
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Imply that we were the only way, right? We're just
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one way.
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And some people like my style of teaching the way
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I break it down and some don't. And that's why
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we changed it to the 2026, bring back that interaction
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with me, with the student a little closer or with
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the subscriber a little closer. So, you know, that is
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the that's the pros, the approach that we're taking. OK,
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makes sense.
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All right.
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So that's that's what's happening. So it is 12 month access.
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But with that, you also get 12 months of FastTracksTube.
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And of course, you can come to the Wednesday night
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recordings if you would like to. You don't have to.
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You can if you want. All right. So let's kind
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of look at some things here. Some notable things.
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Changes.
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The 2026 edition of the NEC contains 13 new articles,
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and there's several articles that have been kind of relocated.
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In the 2023, there was six specific articles that were
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actually deleted, but the requirements, certain requirements that were in
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those articles that were deleted were kind of spattered out
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and moved into other locations, right? So It's not like
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things were totally gotten rid of. A great example of
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this is the emergency disconnect requirements that we had in 230.
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Really got moved.
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It's in 225. in 225 for the option for, you know,
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the emergency, excuse me, emergency disconnect. But now the service
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disconnect is required to be exterior. So there's changes there.
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but it didn't really get rid of it, you know,
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for example. So it just kind of makes people aware
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of that. And of course, there are some changes where,
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you know, I think the change for calculations is going
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to help people. In Article 220, you had the way
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that it was broken down, and it's just been relocated
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into now what would be a 120. Now, you're going
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to see dramatic changes with the structure in the 2029
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edition of the NEC. Sadly, I could not be at
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the public inputs. I'm hopefully going to be at the
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public comments. but I could not be at the public
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input due to family issues here with my wife that
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many people know about. I just could not leave. I'm
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on two code panels. I could not be away. I
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could not schedule anybody, uh, to be here for that
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extended period of time. Um, but now I can plan
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it for the public comments. I just couldn't, I couldn't
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do it for the, it just was, you know, and
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her hip and she had the hip surgery, you know,
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so it just didn't work out. Um, But, you know,
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hopefully I'll be engaged back in the public comment stage
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to get back into it. So a lot of changes.
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But one of those type of things was moving it
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over to Chapter 1 and having 120 be in Chapter 1.
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Article 235, again, was deleted and separated into four new articles.
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So that is new.
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Article 750 was renamed. And the rules for energy management
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were moved into a new Article 130.
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OK, so it's, you know, and we.
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Had outdoor overhead conductors over a thousand volts that was
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in Article 395 kind of got absorbed into Article 267.
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So quite a few of those type of changes.
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So I'm kind of going to go through some, uh,
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changes here and kind of summary. And in all fairness,
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a lot of these changes and summary stuff that I'm
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talking about also, if you're not familiar with it, it's
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widely published. So again, I'm not, I'm not uniquely into,
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you know, unique in how I'm presenting these. I mean,
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this is pretty common knowledge, but again, being able to
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bring it to you in a format that you can
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listen to is probably what the benefit is. So article 120,
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Now is branch circuit feeder and service load calculations. Obviously,
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that was moved from Article 220 in the 2023 edition
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of the NEC, and it is now in Article 120
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in the 2026. Again, nothing radical. It's just a movement.
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But I think getting it in Chapter 1 at.
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The very beginning of the NEC.
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kind of helps set the tone for the structure and
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hopefully it'll just be a little easier to navigate. That's
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why also moving the energy management, which can be critical
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with the things that are taking place today in energy
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management systems, power control systems, and all this kind of stuff,
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to move it all into one chapter so that if
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it's dealing with loads, if it's dealing with management of
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power and all that, it's in one area. And so
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that's the kind of the concept that NFPA has. You know,
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it's kind of reminiscent of the ICC's structural format. And
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I get a feeling that that's, you know, 2029 is
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kind of the same kind of feeling in kind of
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moving the numbering system around. And it's going to be
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tough for some people to gather and people say, well,
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why change it? Well, that's because the codes are changing.
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New codes, things we didn't know about, new technology. If
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you didn't see the other day, I mean, freaking Elon
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Musk has got a car now that can freaking go
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upside down, if that's what you need, and flip over
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and float. I wouldn't say fly. It floats down softly.
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It's a controlled fall, just like an airplane. It's a
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controlled fall. Yeah. But then it goes along and it
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can just pop up into the air and flip over.
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the point. People are like, what the hell is the practicality?
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Why would I need something like that? Well, that's the point.
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You don't need it. The fact that we can do
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it is impressive. I mean, it's like going to the moon.
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What's the point?
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I mean, it's a big old dirty rock. But the
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fact that we can do it, that's what's important, right?
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I mean, that's what sets us apart as innovations. And
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the fact that Elon Musk can do that, and the
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way he does SpaceX, whether you hate him or not, again,
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you can be a hater all you want, but the
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fact that he can send a rocket up at frequencies
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that they're doing now. I mean, we used to remember,
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we used to wait for the space shuttle. It was
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months and months afterwards and yada, yada. Now they just,
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these things go up on a regular basis. He's got
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satellites just popping out everywhere like Pez dispenser. The fact
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that we can do it, I think so many people
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are missing the fact of where we've come to, where
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we're at, that this can take place at this kind
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of frequency.
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And the sky's the limit.
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And it's funny because I watched an article or a
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thing on YouTube where he was talking all the way
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back in 2007 about all the things. And this was
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before Tesla even sold the first uh, Sportster, um, is, was, uh,
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and I guess he never sold any of the Sportster, but, but,
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but it was back at the beginning that he was
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visioning all of the stuff that took place today and
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he did it. He's done it.
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you can be a hater all you want about Elon and, uh,
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you know, but at the end of the day, amazing.
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So it's not a fact that I want one of
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those new Roadsters because I don't.
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I have no need to flip around and jump around
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and whatever.
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car that went really fast instead of buying the premium
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Tesla that I bought, I would have got the performance.
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So I don't need to go zero to 60 in 1.9 seconds. 3.9
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is fine. I get there quick enough. Okay. It's just
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the fact that he can do it. That is the
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that's that's mad props. And that's all that demonstration was
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to show you. Look, look here.
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Look at me.
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This is why you invest. So that that demonstration. And
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I hate to get off topic for you folks that
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are already clicking away. For me, that whole demonstration was
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to just say stockholders. This is why you invest in Tesla.
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This is why you invest in SpaceX. This is why
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I'm going to take this company from whatever the stock
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is right now. To crazy numbers in the future. Because
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I don't fail. I just don't fail. And that's the
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feeling you get from somebody like an Elon Musk. I'm
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just saying.
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Anyway, I probably should get back on topic.
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So today we're going to talk about some of the changes.
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They're going to be brief summaries. of these changes to
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the 2026 edition of the National Electrical Code, give you
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a little analysis.
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We're not going to get too overly deep.
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Again, this is a podcast, but I do want to
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kind of get you in the right direction or the
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right frame of mind of how these changes are going
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to take place so that, you know, a lot of
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people that are studying for their exam or, you know,
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trying to learn the code from cycle to cycle, it
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can be complicated because the code, the way it's written.
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the intent of NFPA and the powers that be when
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it comes to compiling the information that we produce as
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code panel members and as you, as people.
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That submit public inputs and public.
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Comments, is to try to wholeheartedly make the National Electrical
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Code a little bit easier to navigate. So with that said,
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a lot of things are being moved around. Again, as usual,
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new articles are being developed. And sometimes those articles are
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developed because of taking a single article and now breaking
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it up into multiple articles so that it just flows better.
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So it doesn't create this overtly long article that's really
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hard to navigate. You don't know what stops and when
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it begins and what's relevant. And so it's just much
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easier to And for the haters who say, well, why
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are we changing the code? Why are we adding this
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or that? It's not always just.
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Adding stuff, right?
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In many cases, it's trying to relocate stuff so that
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it makes more sense, right? And so that's what's taking
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place a lot in the 2026. And that's what's taking
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place a lot in the 2029 edition, a major overhaul.
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And for those that are moaning, groaning about, well, it's another... Look,
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it's the same people that struggle to say, I can't
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find stuff. The goal is to try to make things
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a little easier to find. And I think that that
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is the effort that they're undertaking.
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And I think that it's going to work out fine.
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I mean, I wasn't the big lover of the idea
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of the concept of making it look more like an
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ICC document.
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But at the end of the day, after examining it,
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it makes sense.
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So we're going to go over some brief changes today.
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Hopefully you get something out of this podcast.
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Okay, so in the 2026 edition of the National Electrical Code,
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there's really 13 new articles, and several articles were relocated
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or broken up. Now, six existing articles were actually deleted
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because their information was either turned into a new article,
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or they got absorbed in other articles that were more relevant.
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So it's important. A prime example is calculations.
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Calculations, rather than be in Chapter 2, calculations should be
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right up at the front of the codebook, right at
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the beginning in Chapter 1.
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And that's where they are now.
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For the 2026 edition of the NEC, it is in
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Article 120, whereas.
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Previously it was 220.
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So it's a simple shift, but it makes a statement that,
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you know, calculations are extremely important.
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I've said that forever.
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You can be an electrician every day of the week,
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but if you don't truly understand calculations, then you're pretty
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much just guessing your way through your profession. If you
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don't really know how to open it up and know
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how to do a load calculation or understand this, and
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I post a lot of example questions on TikTok and
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Instagram and And you'd be amazed how many people get
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these questions wrong. I mean, a lot of them wrong.
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And these are basic fundamental calculation concepts. And it just
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shows you that doesn't take anything away from the fact
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that they're licensed electricians. What it tells me is that
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it's getting your license is simply a gateway that doesn't
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stop the learning. And just like any doctor, any lawyer,
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anybody that specializes in a profession, they want to continually
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evolve and learn and gain more knowledge. Again, I don't
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want a general practitioner doing brain surgery on me. I
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want a practitioner who has gone that extra mile to
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be proficient in brain surgery. And that's how I like
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to train electricians. I just don't want you to be
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the average. And you may be happy with that. You
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probably are happy and you're like, dude, I don't care
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about that shit. I'm just electrician. I'll bend pipe. I'll do,
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I'll pull conductors. I'm just, that's, and that's fine. If
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that's how you want to be, that's not who I am.
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And that's not who we created the CMECP program for.
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That's not how I teach. Um, so, but it doesn't
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mean you can't learn something.
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It's just not my approach to things because I think
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that knowledge is key and we should always constantly be
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learning things. Okay. So anyway, Chapter 1 now absorbs Article 120,
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which was 220 for calculations, right? And also energy management systems.
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That was previously in 750. And so that is the
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installation operation of energy management systems that can control the
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amount of the lighting and the amount of current draw
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and all these type of systems for energy management. Instead
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of being lumped all the way back in Article 750,
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this is important to the aspects of the calculation concepts
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and what you can do now with the energy codes
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and all this. This really needs to be up in
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Chapter 1, just like we need branch circuit feeders And
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all that type of thing. So that's what took place.
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So 750 is now Article 130, and it sits right
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after Article 120, which is now brand circuit feeders and
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service load calculations, which was previously Article 220.
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So you see how this is kind of stacking into
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Chapter 1? So.
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at the end of the day, this is just a
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realignment and it's, and it makes sense. It took me,
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it took me a, when they presented it at our
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code panel meetings in 2026, they presented what they're going
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to do. And I, and my mind was thinking, shit,
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this is ICC and I'm not a big fan of
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ICC stuff. But at the end of the day, It's
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the ability to be able to find things quicker and
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make it make better sense to people because, again, the
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NEC is a technical document, and it's difficult. And it
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is not written for the untrained professional. However, we as professionals,
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it would be nicer to make it easier to navigate,
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wouldn't it? So that's the effort that's kind of taking
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place here. So you got those two changes, relocation. By now,
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you should understand that's coming. If you're not in the
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2026 edition, it's coming. And again, no technical, seriously technical changes.
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It's just a realignment, a more focused kind of dipping
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our toe into the water of what's going to come
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in 2029 here in the 2026. Okay.
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Kind of let you know what's going.
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Yeah.
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You might need to learn some new articles.
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Yeah.
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You might need to learn some new sections.
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But big deal.
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I mean, it's what we do. It keeps us engaged.
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Next is Article 206. This is non-power-limited remote control and
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signaling circuits, not the same as the power-limited.
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This is non-power-limited.
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Now, there was rules for this in Article 300 in
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the 2023 edition of the NEC, but these existing rules
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got pulled out and are now in a new Article 206.
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And it makes sense because we have rules for power-limited
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remote control and signaling, the non-power limited kind of needed
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to act more like branch circuit applications that you would
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get for normal everyday wiring that me and you do.
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So maybe less me than you, but you know what
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I'm saying. So that got moved out of 300 and
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given its own 206. So that's a new article. Again,
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there's no effort here to make it confusing. It was
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buried in article 300, which covers all types of things.
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This is very specific application. And you're like, did this
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make sense? Let's move it out of here and put
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it in an article so that when I need to
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get to it, if I'm working on that scope and
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you should always be reading the scope of every article
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before you do shit, because you need to know whether
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or not you're in the right one or not. Um,
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it just makes sense. And for people that live in
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that world of non-power limited remote controlling signaling, they're like,
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they're going, woohoo! Because they had to dig through Article
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300 to find what they needed. And now they do not.
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It's nice, tidily put in 206. Makes sense, right? So
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it's a new article. The next one is a culmination,
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and we'll talk about, these are four new articles that
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are being introduced in the 2026 edition of the NEC,
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but they really are extracted from Article 235. Okay, so
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235 was deleted, and it took out all of the
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important information and said, you know what, these are over 1,000
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volts and over 1,500 volt DC systems here. We need
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this to kind of feel just like the thousand volts
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or less flow, if you will. Your brand circuits, you're
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dealing with 210, 220, excuse me, 210, 215, 225. We're thinking, dude,
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it needs to flow like that. especially for those folks
481
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in the world that deal with a lot of over 1,000
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volts or over 1,500 volt DC applications. Data centers are evolving.
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00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:22.160
So they needed something that makes life easier rather than
484
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one huge-ass Article 235, and then you've got to kind
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00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:28.740
of go through it, and you're cherry-picking, wondering whether this
486
00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.809
applies to this or this or this or where's the
487
00:27:30.849 --> 00:27:34.339
cutoff point. It just was complicated. So let's break it.
488
00:27:34.349 --> 00:27:39.009
So they broke it into four separate articles. And again, yes,
489
00:27:39.089 --> 00:27:40.690
it creates more articles, but who cares?
490
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Who cares, right?
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I mean, you're already paying a healthy amount for that book.
492
00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:48.339
Just because it adds more pages, who cares? It's not
493
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like you're sliding that sucker in your back pocket anyway.
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This is not 1965 anymore, right? Anyway, so there's four
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new articles that basically are a combination of Article 235, which.
496
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Was broken in.
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And basically, 265 is branch circuit applications for over 1,000
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volts AC or 1,500 volt DC. And 266 is for
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the feeder aspect of over 1,000 volts AC, 1,500 volt DC.
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And 267 is the same as you would get for
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225 for 1,000 volts or less. This is 267. This
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is outside branch circuit and feeders over 1,000 volts AC, 1,500
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volt DC. So you see the mentality here? Let's just
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break it up. Rather than one huge article that I've
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got to pick through and, you know, it just gets
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00:28:40.849 --> 00:28:43.069
really deep. And I'd rather have it so that if
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I'm working with a feeder application over a thousand volts,
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00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:51.039
I don't have to go into 235 and flip through
509
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and wonder where one ends and one begins. No, it
510
00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:57.240
just give it its article. And so I can go
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straight to that article. What do I care? There is
512
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a purist out there who will say, Paul, they could
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00:29:02.089 --> 00:29:05.099
have done that under 235. It's just, part one, part two,
514
00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:08.769
part three. I get it. But for me, I don't
515
00:29:08.809 --> 00:29:12.950
give a shit about the paper. Okay. I don't, you know,
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00:29:13.069 --> 00:29:18.190
tree huggers out there. Sorry. You know, I don't care
517
00:29:18.230 --> 00:29:23.170
about the paper. So let's just, um, make it easier
518
00:29:23.190 --> 00:29:28.359
to navigate. Let's give it an article. So that's what happens.
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00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:31.480
So 267, outside branch circuit feeder over 1,000 volts. And,
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00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:33.529
you know, by the way, let's do the same thing
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for services. And we'll call that Article 268. And that
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00:29:37.710 --> 00:29:41.690
is services over 1,000 volts AC feeder. volt DC. Okay.
523
00:29:42.329 --> 00:29:52.200
So four articles came out of an extremely long-winded article 235.
524
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And that's how we get four new articles.
525
00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:57.839
And that's the genesis of how it works is we're
526
00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:02.650
not making the code designed for the non-professional. That's not it.
527
00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:05.000
You know, it's not an instruction manual. We get that,
528
00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:10.160
but it's nothing wrong with making it a little more
529
00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:13.119
palatable for us that work with it every day. And
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00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.849
if that means that it has to be another article,
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00:30:14.890 --> 00:30:18.750
that's fine. I don't care. You know, you don't have
532
00:30:18.789 --> 00:30:20.869
to commit this stuff to memory. That's why you have
533
00:30:20.890 --> 00:30:23.109
the code book. That's why you have link that you
534
00:30:23.130 --> 00:30:26.430
can put it on your phone, right? So you don't
535
00:30:26.490 --> 00:30:29.390
need to. There's not enough bandwidth for you to try
536
00:30:29.430 --> 00:30:32.619
to remember everything. The key is the ability to look
537
00:30:32.650 --> 00:30:34.740
it up when you need it. Take a break. Take
538
00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:38.599
a deep breath. Look something up. Confirm. Reach out to
539
00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:41.519
something like Tradehog if you got a question on something.
540
00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.599
Or reach out to.
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00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:46.680
Me or Mike Holt or Ryan Jackson or something. You
542
00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:49.690
know what I'm saying? Reach out and get advice. You
543
00:30:49.730 --> 00:30:52.769
got time. Relax. I hate these videos on TikTok and
544
00:30:53.109 --> 00:30:55.069
Instagram where the guys are working so fast.
545
00:30:55.109 --> 00:30:57.710
It's like a freaking machine. And I'm like, well, time
546
00:30:57.769 --> 00:30:58.150
is money.
547
00:30:58.589 --> 00:30:59.839
Yeah. Well, okay.
548
00:31:00.130 --> 00:31:00.950
Slow down, dude.
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00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:05.200
Trust me. It's not that important that you have it
550
00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.900
done that quick. And if you're being pressured to do
551
00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:09.339
something that damn quick, you're going to screw something up.
552
00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:11.940
You're going to drive a nail wrong. You're going to
553
00:31:12.029 --> 00:31:15.769
screw up. Slow the freak down a little bit. Okay.
554
00:31:16.390 --> 00:31:16.910
Slow down.
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00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:18.430
Accuracy.
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00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:22.619
Quality of work, okay? It's not all about speed. And
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00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:25.960
if you're just a speed whore, then I'm sorry. I'm
558
00:31:26.009 --> 00:31:28.650
probably not the right guy for you. But again, slow down.
559
00:31:29.890 --> 00:31:30.529
Make it accurate.
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Make it look presentable, okay?
561
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All right, now. Let's move into something. So during the
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2026 development cycle, it was introduced to say, you know what,
563
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and I'm on co-panel five. And by the way, I
564
00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:47.430
couldn't make it to the co-panel meetings this time for
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00:31:47.430 --> 00:31:48.569
2029 because of family issues.
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00:31:48.670 --> 00:31:50.390
My wife, many of you know about it.
567
00:31:51.950 --> 00:31:55.069
But, you know, I hope that we'll be there for
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00:31:55.089 --> 00:31:57.450
the public comment stage. And I really haven't taken a
569
00:31:57.509 --> 00:31:59.940
look yet at what all the work that was done there.
570
00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:02.740
I was so engaged in my wife and her early
571
00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:04.990
stage Alzheimer's and and the fact that she broke her
572
00:32:05.049 --> 00:32:08.210
hip and trying to get her back to health, and
573
00:32:08.289 --> 00:32:12.500
really focusing on family, it just took priority. And that's
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why I didn't do a lot of videos. That's why
575
00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.960
I haven't done a lot of podcasts. And you guys
576
00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:18.259
have been asking me, Paul, you used to crank this
577
00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:21.240
stuff out. Why did you sign a deal for your
578
00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:24.059
new fast tracks to be 12 months rather than a lifetime?
579
00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:26.980
It's because I had to change priorities and how we
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procure the information.
581
00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.880
I can't sit down.
582
00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.789
I did take on a new role of writing for
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ECNM magazine, but that's easy because I like to write articles.
584
00:32:36.549 --> 00:32:38.029
So at the end of the day, I had to
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00:32:38.210 --> 00:32:42.579
weigh my time and I just could not go to
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the code panel meetings. Plus I'm also director of technical
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00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:49.059
services for the world's largest wiring cable manufacturer. So, you know,
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00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:52.740
I have to, that's my nine to five job. So
589
00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.220
it's so much on. I just, I just could not
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00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:57.940
get into any new projects. So that's the reason for that,
591
00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:02.200
for those that are wondering. But during the 2026 development cycle,
592
00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:06.140
it was real evident that the changes that are happening
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because of taking 235 and dealing with over a thousand
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volt applications that we, it was a perfect opportunity for
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CodePanel 5 to say, you know what? Let's take part
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10 and, out of article 250, which is all the
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00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:24.859
way in the back, you know, people ignore it all
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the time.
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00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.660
They don't go that far. They don't flip that far.
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Let's take those grounding and bondings for over a thousand
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volt AC or 1500 volt DC. Let's take that out
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of 250 and do like everybody's doing in the other
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00:33:40.109 --> 00:33:42.109
code panels for 265, 266, 267, 268. Let's go on
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and make our own 270. grounding and bonding. And we'll
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take out what's relevant that's already in part 10, and
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we'll put it up, and we'll create it, and we'll
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massage it. And I'm sure that we'll get other public
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inputs and to elaborate on it even more because the
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nuances are a little different for over 1,000-volt applications. But
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let's break that out. And so that's what happened. And
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so that came to the creation of Article 270, which
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is new. for the 2026. And really, it's still part
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10 of 250. It just got pulled out and put
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in a new article for simplicity's sake. Now, the great
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00:34:26.429 --> 00:34:28.489
thing is if you're dealing with an over a thousand
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00:34:28.530 --> 00:34:34.349
volt system and you need grounding and bonding guidance, boom, 270.
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Instead of going into 250 and flip, flip, flip, flip, flip, flip, flip,
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00:34:37.590 --> 00:34:39.150
unless you already knew it was all the way back
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in part 10, right? Again, you see, yes, it created
620
00:34:44.090 --> 00:34:48.179
a new article. It didn't really take any more pages, right?
621
00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:51.539
Because part 10 gets removed now, and now it's in 270.
622
00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:53.880
So again, it's just a redirection. That's probably the same
623
00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:58.050
thing with 235. By getting rid of 235 and creating
624
00:34:58.090 --> 00:35:02.050
the new articles, you didn't thicken the book, if you will, right?
625
00:35:04.150 --> 00:35:08.170
you just reallocated the resource, that type of thing. So
626
00:35:08.170 --> 00:35:10.449
270 now is going to be the perfect place for
627
00:35:10.489 --> 00:35:13.289
those over 1,000-volt systems when you need grounding and bonding advice.
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00:35:14.550 --> 00:35:19.050
The next one that I'll talk about is Article 624.
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This is electric self-propelled vehicles, not to be confused with
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00:35:22.570 --> 00:35:28.139
electric vehicles in 625. 624 is uniquely dedicated to a
631
00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:32.380
wider variety of self-propelled vehicles rather than just an electric
632
00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:40.030
vehicle like my Tesla, for example. So it now gives
633
00:35:40.309 --> 00:35:43.590
adequate direction broken up. So a lot of the information
634
00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:49.920
that was in 625 that was dedicated specifically to the
635
00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:56.500
electric self-propelled vehicle power transfer system, which is the ESVSEs,
636
00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.059
has been moved.
637
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Over into 624 now.
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00:36:01.170 --> 00:36:05.030
And then you've got the 625, which stays the same and,
639
00:36:05.050 --> 00:36:09.489
you know, primarily deals with the electric vehicle component. So
640
00:36:09.570 --> 00:36:12.389
now you've broken this down too. So you have a
641
00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:16.510
624 and a 625. So it is a clean line
642
00:36:17.090 --> 00:36:24.460
between self-propelled vehicles, which are very broad versus 625, which
643
00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:28.679
is very specific to electric vehicle. Okay. So it just
644
00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:32.369
kind of, separates it a little bit. And the effort
645
00:36:32.429 --> 00:36:35.809
here is to make sure that you're not hunting through
646
00:36:35.809 --> 00:36:40.369
625 to find something that can easily be obtained in 624,
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depending on the vehicle that you're dealing with. Does that
648
00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:46.960
make sense? So that's all that really did was, again,
649
00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:51.639
clarity and just moving things around, reallocating things around and
650
00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:55.320
giving the props that it needs in order to make
651
00:36:55.360 --> 00:37:01.630
it easier to navigate something in the NEC. Next, Article 720.
652
00:37:01.630 --> 00:37:06.190
We'll talk about that one. That was general requirements for
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00:37:06.510 --> 00:37:10.489
limited energy. So we had non-limited. So now we have
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00:37:10.929 --> 00:37:16.820
limited requirements for limited energy system wiring methods and materials.
655
00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:23.380
So that is new. So this covers the wiring methods
656
00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:28.440
and materials for Class 1 Power Limited. Okay, not non-power
657
00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:31.780
limited that acts very much just like a normal branch circuit,
658
00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:35.280
you know, if you will. But now we have power
659
00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:39.199
limited class one, class two, class three, class four circuits,
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as well as optical fiber systems. 720 is going to
661
00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:47.500
cover communication systems, antenna systems, CATV systems. This is also
662
00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:54.000
network powered and broadband powered, premise powered broadband and network powered,
663
00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:58.869
as well as power limited circuits. Fire alarm systems all
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00:37:58.909 --> 00:38:02.090
are going to be in 720, okay? So this is
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00:38:02.110 --> 00:38:06.369
the general requirements, okay? But then you can branch out
666
00:38:06.429 --> 00:38:10.090
beyond that. So 720 is new, trying to pull all
667
00:38:10.110 --> 00:38:13.039
those wiring method requirements in kind of a general, you know,
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00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:15.079
the general like 300 does. So you got 300 is
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the general requirements. So that's what it's doing here. And
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00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:24.510
then it breaks things down into Article 721, which is new,
671
00:38:25.150 --> 00:38:29.670
and that is power sources for limited energy systems. So
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00:38:29.670 --> 00:38:33.489
721 provide the rules for power sources for those limited
673
00:38:33.630 --> 00:38:36.389
energy circuits, right? So where are you getting the power,
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00:38:36.449 --> 00:38:39.199
what the power thresholds are for these various types.
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00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:41.260
So that's in Article 721 now. Now, 722 is introduced.
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00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.500
That is new, okay?
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00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:50.900
So 722 received a new title, not new in a
678
00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:53.659
sense that it's just kind of a, the title expands
679
00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:56.800
it out to make it clear of what it is.
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00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:00.820
So the 722 received a new title for the 2026
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and it covers the general requirements for the installation of
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00:39:05.050 --> 00:39:10.159
single and multi-conductor cables used in In class two, class
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00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:13.420
three and class four circuits, also power limited fire alarms,
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00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:17.699
optical fiber cables, communication systems, again, power limited remote control,
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00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:23.349
signaling circuits that are not integral part of a device
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or utilization equipment installed inside of buildings.
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So the new title for it is limited integrity.
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00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:36.400
Energy cables okay cables for power limited circuits fault managed
689
00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:39.730
power circuits y'all heard me talk about class four uh
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00:39:39.769 --> 00:39:44.170
fault managed systems and again if you've never watched any
691
00:39:44.190 --> 00:39:47.250
of those videos over on youtube from the the company
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um Uh, shoot, uh, Volt, uh, shit. I can't even
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00:39:54.190 --> 00:39:55.949
remember the name. I'm sorry.
694
00:39:56.369 --> 00:39:58.530
Sorry guys. I can't remember your name, but it's just, uh,
695
00:39:59.010 --> 00:40:00.969
not on the top of my head.
696
00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:04.510
Volt server. I'm sorry. So Volt server, if you go
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watch their videos and you'll see that fault managed systems,
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the technology and how rapidly that's evolving. And how eventually
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00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:16.619
that may make its way into dwellings, but it's not
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00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:20.039
allowed now. But it may eventually make its way into
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00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:24.329
the normal systems. And we have some buildings out there
702
00:40:24.349 --> 00:40:28.309
that are using it right now. Some casinos, some plant grows,
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00:40:28.409 --> 00:40:35.179
some agricultural facilities. And it's amazing technology. very safe technology,
704
00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:38.440
how it does it in its packets. So you have
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00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:41.760
all that type of stuff. So this is giving us
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guidelines now for the cabling systems for that and how
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00:40:46.570 --> 00:40:51.510
they need to be installed. So again, a little more guidance, right?
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Next is Article 723. OK, now, 723, again, we're still
709
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in the mode because this is Article 7. So this
710
00:41:00.190 --> 00:41:03.840
is Chapter 7. So this is raceways, cable routing assemblies
711
00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:10.559
and cable trays for those limited energy systems. So 723
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is going to provide the requirements for the raceways and
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00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:19.199
cable assemblies. that are specifically germane to those limited energy
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00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:24.610
systems that were listed in Article 721 for the power
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00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:27.429
sources for these limited energy systems, okay? And the wiring
716
00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:30.630
methods that are covered in Article 720 for these limited
717
00:41:30.730 --> 00:41:34.869
energy systems, okay? So this is talking about the raceways
718
00:41:34.929 --> 00:41:37.590
and the trays and the routing and all of that.
719
00:41:37.650 --> 00:41:42.039
So it kind of all goes together for this installation guidance,
720
00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:45.340
even though, The NEC is not an installation manual. We
721
00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:49.679
get it. But it kind of lends itself to be
722
00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:53.480
kind of the basic rules of installation, the minimum safety standard.
723
00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:55.239
People hate when I say that, but it is what
724
00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:57.239
it is. I even had somebody on my recent article
725
00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:00.789
I wrote who felt like they needed to opine about
726
00:42:00.989 --> 00:42:04.889
taking offense to me calling it a minimum. And I
727
00:42:04.929 --> 00:42:09.829
found that interesting and funny because... You can feel different.
728
00:42:09.909 --> 00:42:12.389
You can feel passionate about whatever you want. But at
729
00:42:12.409 --> 00:42:15.250
the end of the day, is the National Electrical Code
730
00:42:15.369 --> 00:42:18.469
not the minimum? I mean, look, if you're an inspector
731
00:42:18.489 --> 00:42:19.869
and you go out to do a job and you
732
00:42:19.909 --> 00:42:22.190
don't install it at least to the NEC, you're going
733
00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:25.809
to get failed, aren't you? You can go above the NEC.
734
00:42:26.289 --> 00:42:30.070
You can kind of go above and beyond if you want.
735
00:42:31.429 --> 00:42:34.110
Do personal preference, whatever. But at the end of the day,
736
00:42:34.130 --> 00:42:37.670
why do people get offended when I say it's the minimum?
737
00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:42.460
It is the minimum. You have to install it in
738
00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:45.780
compliance with the NEC if adopted in your state, in
739
00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:49.320
your area. Why is that not the minimum? Because anything
740
00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:53.019
under that, I mean, shit. If I have a pool
741
00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:56.590
that's got a minimum water level, that's the minimum. I
742
00:42:56.610 --> 00:42:57.070
don't get it.
743
00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:59.280
I still don't understand why people get freaked out about that.
744
00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.949
It's not a minimum. And I was like, dude, get
745
00:43:01.010 --> 00:43:04.230
off your fucking horse. Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know
746
00:43:04.269 --> 00:43:08.030
how to bleep that out. Anyway, I'm just saying. It
747
00:43:08.090 --> 00:43:09.909
drives me absolutely batshit.
748
00:43:11.050 --> 00:43:11.250
Okay.
749
00:43:13.550 --> 00:43:16.210
So anyway, also, I'm not all, you know, I'm not
750
00:43:16.269 --> 00:43:17.650
also one of those holy rollers.
751
00:43:17.469 --> 00:43:18.429
Out there that won't cuss.
752
00:43:18.489 --> 00:43:19.869
And I'm sorry. I mean, when I am, if I'm
753
00:43:19.889 --> 00:43:22.010
going to hell, you know, I'm certainly not going to
754
00:43:22.050 --> 00:43:30.000
be alone. So, hey, I'll have company. It's all good. Okay. Next,
755
00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:35.320
we have an article 742. This is over voltage protection.
756
00:43:36.230 --> 00:43:38.929
of the limited energy systems. You see what's going on here?
757
00:43:39.750 --> 00:43:45.139
It's systematically giving you a directive approach to this limited
758
00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:48.159
energy systems and how you need to do the wiring methods,
759
00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:52.260
the sources of the limited energy, the different types of circuits.
760
00:43:53.030 --> 00:43:57.730
And the raceways, the cable routing, everything, cable tray, blah, blah, blah.
761
00:43:58.070 --> 00:44:00.670
And now it's saying, OK, now we're going to talk
762
00:44:00.710 --> 00:44:04.889
about overvoltage protection for those limited energy systems. And that
763
00:44:04.949 --> 00:44:08.889
is 742. Makes sense, right? Might as well just get
764
00:44:08.949 --> 00:44:14.050
it all taken care of. So it says Article 742
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00:44:14.050 --> 00:44:18.510
covers the overvoltage protection requirements for Class 1 power limited circuits,
766
00:44:18.750 --> 00:44:23.090
Class 2, 3, and 4 circuits. Circuits, again, optical fiber systems,
767
00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:32.010
communication systems, antenna systems, CATV systems, network-powered broadbands, premise-powered broadbands, and,
768
00:44:32.190 --> 00:44:35.510
of course, power-limited fire alarm systems. So we have rules
769
00:44:35.570 --> 00:44:38.809
for the overvoltage protection, which could be integral into the
770
00:44:38.869 --> 00:44:41.989
system or not, whatever the equipment you're using. But that's
771
00:44:42.030 --> 00:44:45.639
giving you guidance there. So we have the raceways, the
772
00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:48.840
cable routing, we have the overvoltage protection. For all of
773
00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:53.489
these limited energy system applications, we now have systematic guidance.
774
00:44:53.530 --> 00:44:55.150
So if you're working in the NEC and this is
775
00:44:55.170 --> 00:44:58.989
what you do, dude, you've got a nice little area
776
00:44:59.050 --> 00:45:04.159
now that everything is broken down easy for you to manage. Okay? Well,
777
00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:07.599
not only with that, remember what I said earlier about
778
00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:13.570
750 going away? Well, it only went away... For dealing
779
00:45:13.690 --> 00:45:16.880
with the over 1,000 volts, that got moved to 270,
780
00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:19.539
but we didn't lose Article 750. So this is where
781
00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:24.739
it will confuse people because 750 was retained, but now
782
00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:29.460
it's grounding and bonding for the what? Limited energy systems.
783
00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:32.460
So it covers the grounding and bonding for those class
784
00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:35.619
one power limited circuits, those class two, three, and four circuits,
785
00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:40.840
optical fiber, communication, network powered broadband, premise powered broadband, and
786
00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:43.210
of course those power limited fire alarm systems. So now
787
00:45:43.250 --> 00:45:47.369
we have specific guidance. So this is nice and tidy,
788
00:45:48.349 --> 00:45:51.769
nice and tidy. If you're doing those limited energy systems
789
00:45:51.829 --> 00:45:57.510
and they're emerging rapidly, the technology for that, but it's
790
00:45:57.570 --> 00:46:00.820
nice that this is, perfectly broken out now rather than...
791
00:46:00.699 --> 00:46:05.610
I'm telling you, before, when you're up in chapter 7,
792
00:46:05.610 --> 00:46:08.429
It can get damn well confusing when you're going from
793
00:46:09.170 --> 00:46:11.909
class one or dealing with class two, three, four, and
794
00:46:11.929 --> 00:46:14.550
then the confusion of, okay, am I dealing with power
795
00:46:14.610 --> 00:46:17.110
limited or am I dealing with a non-power limited? It
796
00:46:17.150 --> 00:46:19.750
can get extremely confusing in how you would apply different things.
797
00:46:19.789 --> 00:46:21.750
So this is an effort to try to break it down,
798
00:46:22.389 --> 00:46:26.130
make it a little easier to apply the components. You
799
00:46:26.150 --> 00:46:28.250
may agree, you may disagree, but I think it does.
800
00:46:28.269 --> 00:46:30.869
It's my personal opinion. You don't like it, scroll on.
801
00:46:31.110 --> 00:46:37.320
But that's what I feel. Okay, Article 772, which is
802
00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:43.170
fire-resistive cable systems moved. So Article 772 provides the requirements
803
00:46:43.710 --> 00:46:47.570
for the installation of fire-resistant cables, conductors, and other system
804
00:46:47.610 --> 00:46:53.590
components used for survivability of critical circuits to ensure continued
805
00:46:53.650 --> 00:46:58.030
operation during a specific time during a fire condition as
806
00:46:58.090 --> 00:47:01.210
required by the NEC. So these rules were relocated. They
807
00:47:01.230 --> 00:47:05.980
were previously in 728, and they just were moved up
808
00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:10.139
here to 772, okay? So just a movement for all
809
00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:14.119
you out there that may freak out about these fire-resistive
810
00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:18.389
cable applications, where applicable, they're here. They've just been moved
811
00:47:18.409 --> 00:47:26.030
to 772. That's all. That's all, okay? Relax. Relax. It's
812
00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:31.090
all good. All right, some other changes. that took place
813
00:47:31.429 --> 00:47:36.969
in the 2026, the code arrangement in 90.3. So interesting now,
814
00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:41.599
chapter eight before was standalone. So you try chapter one
815
00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:46.559
through seven, and again, they could supplement and modify themselves,
816
00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:50.099
but chapter eight was a standalone thing in the previous
817
00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.960
editions of the code.
818
00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:52.719
Well, it is not anymore.
819
00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:56.090
Chapter eight was not subject to the requirements found in
820
00:47:56.130 --> 00:47:59.679
chapters one through seven, But now in the 2026 edition,
821
00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:04.619
revised figure in 90.3, that little infographic or whatever you
822
00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:07.860
want to call it, it now shows that Chapter 8
823
00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:12.239
supplements or modifies Chapters 1 through 8 and is basically
824
00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:15.039
subject to all the rules that are found in Chapter
825
00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:19.469
1 through 8 where applicable. So it gets incorporated into it.
826
00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:23.809
So again, that's huge for many people when maybe their
827
00:48:23.909 --> 00:48:28.969
whole world is Evolved around Chapter 8, and in the AHJ,
828
00:48:28.989 --> 00:48:33.570
authority having jurisdiction, the inspector was confused at how to
829
00:48:33.630 --> 00:48:36.539
apply other parts of the code when the guy would say, nope,
830
00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:37.320
I'm in Chapter 8.
831
00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:40.719
That's a standalone. Unless it referenced something back, like 300.4
832
00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:41.280
for protection.
833
00:48:43.030 --> 00:48:46.650
Um, but now it's just the same as it's just
834
00:48:46.869 --> 00:48:49.860
basically chapters one through eight can supplement and modify, uh,
835
00:48:51.219 --> 00:48:54.300
anything in chapter one through eight. Simple. Keep it, keep
836
00:48:54.340 --> 00:48:56.179
it simple because we were going to send you back
837
00:48:56.239 --> 00:48:59.579
anyway to important information and make it applicable anyway by
838
00:48:59.639 --> 00:49:03.989
directives of chapter eight. What's the point? Just make it
839
00:49:04.170 --> 00:49:07.590
all applicable, right? So now chapter eight is not just
840
00:49:07.670 --> 00:49:12.219
a standalone. In Article 100, again, I will argue is
841
00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:15.679
probably one of the most important things to understand definitions, terminologies,
842
00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:18.210
and that's where people are actually using trade hog.
843
00:49:18.269 --> 00:49:19.980
And for those that are students are using trade hog.
844
00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:24.179
Study hog, which is included in their supreme package on
845
00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:27.139
the 2023 edition of the NEC or the 2020. The.
846
00:49:30.269 --> 00:49:33.210
The ability to take a definition if you don't understand
847
00:49:33.250 --> 00:49:35.809
it or can't wrap your head around it and post it. Now,
848
00:49:35.989 --> 00:49:39.909
you could also use ChatGPT. You could use Grok. You
849
00:49:39.949 --> 00:49:43.889
could use Claude. You could use all the plethora of
850
00:49:43.929 --> 00:49:50.000
different AI tools to help describe something in an easier
851
00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:54.000
to understand terminology because we tend to use very technical terms.
852
00:49:54.739 --> 00:50:00.000
The point of the matter is learning definitions is incredibly important.
853
00:50:00.929 --> 00:50:04.050
when you're trying to apply things in the NEC. So
854
00:50:04.570 --> 00:50:07.389
we have some new definitions. So there's a new definition of,
855
00:50:07.789 --> 00:50:09.570
believe it or not, here you go. We have all
856
00:50:09.610 --> 00:50:13.050
these changes in chapter seven. We have a new definition
857
00:50:13.150 --> 00:50:17.789
of limited energy cable, and it's been added, okay? So
858
00:50:17.949 --> 00:50:21.630
a limited energy cable is defined as a factory assembly
859
00:50:21.829 --> 00:50:26.590
of one or more conductors or optical fibers used in
860
00:50:26.650 --> 00:50:31.219
class two, three, or four circuits, okay? So again, also
861
00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:34.820
in CATV, also in network powered, as well as premise
862
00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:39.530
powered broadband and power limited fire alarm circuits. But the
863
00:50:39.650 --> 00:50:43.170
cables for the class two, class three or class four
864
00:50:43.530 --> 00:50:47.590
that are used for those applications are called limited energy cables.
865
00:50:48.130 --> 00:50:50.429
And it makes sense to go with the changes that
866
00:50:50.469 --> 00:50:59.840
we saw in 720, 721, 722, 723 and 742. It
867
00:51:00.179 --> 00:51:02.559
makes sense to get a new definition to kind of
868
00:51:03.260 --> 00:51:07.159
go together with all that type of stuff. Arc flash
869
00:51:07.300 --> 00:51:13.320
hazard markings 110.16. Again, we're talking other than dwelling units.
870
00:51:14.239 --> 00:51:17.199
It says the permanent arc flash marking is now required
871
00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:21.289
to be field or factory applied to service equipment and
872
00:51:21.449 --> 00:51:26.829
feeders supplying equipment such as switchboard, switchgear, enclosed panel boards,
873
00:51:27.289 --> 00:51:31.750
industrial control panels, meter socket enclosures, and motor control centers. Now,
874
00:51:31.809 --> 00:51:34.260
in the previous edition of the NEC, this rule simply
875
00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:39.239
states required a label, okay? And that label warned people
876
00:51:39.400 --> 00:51:44.639
about arc flash. So the 2026 edition now requires that
877
00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:49.610
permanent marking to actually show the nominal voltages, system voltage,
878
00:51:50.230 --> 00:51:56.050
the arc flash boundary, the available incident energy, or minimum
879
00:51:56.110 --> 00:52:02.929
required PPE. And probably most important, because things change over time,
880
00:52:03.719 --> 00:52:06.840
Now it also requires the date of the assessment that
881
00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:10.960
was completed because systems can change over time. Things get
882
00:52:11.139 --> 00:52:13.840
added to it. And again, you don't always have a
883
00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:17.199
reinspection when things get done. I mean, local jurisdiction may
884
00:52:17.239 --> 00:52:20.449
not even know about it, but that is something that
885
00:52:20.530 --> 00:52:22.849
companies build into their maintenance program where they go, okay,
886
00:52:22.869 --> 00:52:24.889
we're going to have to do a reassessment because again,
887
00:52:24.909 --> 00:52:28.070
that's liability. If you make a change to a system
888
00:52:28.110 --> 00:52:31.130
and it changes something when it comes to the incident energy,
889
00:52:32.139 --> 00:52:37.420
or the PPE requirement under NFPA 70E, then what happens
890
00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:39.440
is when somebody gets hurt, you become liable.
891
00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:40.599
And you know what?
892
00:52:40.719 --> 00:52:44.429
People today will sue you over anything. So again, you
893
00:52:44.469 --> 00:52:46.610
want to reduce that liability. So all of your companies
894
00:52:46.630 --> 00:52:49.349
should have some program already built in. You really should.
895
00:52:49.909 --> 00:52:52.070
And so this is just requiring anytime there's a change.
896
00:52:52.510 --> 00:52:54.530
Now you have a little more detail that you have
897
00:52:54.570 --> 00:52:57.110
to mark for these arc flash hazard markings.
898
00:52:57.150 --> 00:53:01.079
Again, not for dwellings, other than dwelling applications, okay? Whatever
899
00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:02.280
that may be.
900
00:53:04.300 --> 00:53:08.349
Let's see here. GFCI protection for personnel. Oh, and by
901
00:53:08.369 --> 00:53:10.650
the way, this is going to be part one of
902
00:53:10.710 --> 00:53:14.989
a multi-part. So this is just part one. And so
903
00:53:15.050 --> 00:53:17.510
I'll try to label this in the comment or in
904
00:53:17.550 --> 00:53:19.829
the description, as well as the title, that this is
905
00:53:19.929 --> 00:53:23.820
part one of two, so that it's easier for you
906
00:53:23.860 --> 00:53:26.679
to follow. Because again, I understand that when I do podcasts,
907
00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:30.880
they're hard to navigate. We don't really categorize them. We
908
00:53:30.920 --> 00:53:33.050
just put them up there in the ether and you
909
00:53:33.070 --> 00:53:35.070
go listen to them. So we'll try to make it
910
00:53:35.090 --> 00:53:39.369
a little easier for how we do this. Also, by
911
00:53:39.389 --> 00:53:41.139
the way, we're going to start moving a lot of
912
00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:46.199
our podcasts over to Fast Tracks Tube. We have a
913
00:53:46.300 --> 00:53:48.820
few over there, but we're going to get into really
914
00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:51.340
heavily moving a lot of our new podcasts over there.
915
00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:53.420
So that's taking place over the next couple months. So
916
00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:56.090
for you Fast Tracks Tube folks, you can listen over there.
917
00:53:56.110 --> 00:53:59.550
It makes it a lot easier to listen than going
918
00:53:59.590 --> 00:54:03.190
to YouTube, but they'll be at both until we finally
919
00:54:03.530 --> 00:54:08.030
do the move. All right, so GFCI protection for personnel 210.8.
920
00:54:08.030 --> 00:54:13.139
So 210.8F requires GFCI protection for all outdoor outlets and
921
00:54:13.659 --> 00:54:17.019
at dwelling units supplied by single-phase brand circuits, 150 volts
922
00:54:17.039 --> 00:54:20.840
or less to ground and 60 amps or less. Effective
923
00:54:21.039 --> 00:54:25.550
September 1st, 2026. So it doesn't matter which code cycle
924
00:54:25.570 --> 00:54:30.550
you're on. Again, after September 1st, 2026, the requirement is there.
925
00:54:30.690 --> 00:54:34.289
Good news is most of the manufacturers have come out
926
00:54:34.369 --> 00:54:40.710
with GFCIs or SPGFCI protection codes. that can handle the
927
00:54:40.849 --> 00:54:46.070
issues that we've seen with listed HVAC equipment. Okay, so
928
00:54:46.659 --> 00:54:49.699
this was initially added in 2020, caused a lot of
929
00:54:49.739 --> 00:54:52.260
people to have a bug up their butt when it
930
00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:55.320
came to this because of Texas started all this where
931
00:54:55.360 --> 00:54:58.099
the GFCI would trip and then people would overheat because
932
00:54:58.420 --> 00:55:00.559
they didn't have their AC and it created a problem
933
00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:06.110
and it raised a concern. Okay, so For this specific,
934
00:55:06.150 --> 00:55:08.750
and also let's address the fact that there's still people
935
00:55:08.809 --> 00:55:12.250
out there that don't understand what outlet means. This is, again,
936
00:55:12.269 --> 00:55:14.670
an example while, hey, I'm talking to you out there
937
00:55:14.730 --> 00:55:21.420
who don't understand. This is why definitions are extremely important
938
00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:23.559
to understand what the definition of an outlet is. We're
939
00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:26.619
not talking about that little device that's mounted in an
940
00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:28.679
outlet box. That's a device.
941
00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:32.000
That's a receptacle. That is not what we're talking about here.
942
00:55:32.630 --> 00:55:36.730
Okay. But it does broadly apply to not only hardwired,
943
00:55:37.070 --> 00:55:37.869
but also.
944
00:55:37.699 --> 00:55:39.110
Any receptacle that might be installed.
945
00:55:39.429 --> 00:55:43.099
Okay. So keep that in mind. And there's already rules
946
00:55:43.139 --> 00:55:48.659
for receptacles, for example, outdoors in 210.8 anyway, whether it's 210.8A
947
00:55:49.659 --> 00:55:52.179
or B or what have you. So that's already in place.
948
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So this is an addition.
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So this is covering more of the hardwired applications, but
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it is broad. Okay. So for specific outlets located outdoors
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in dwelling units, was there in 2020, and it had
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this sunset date of when, you know, you kind of
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have a grace period on this, so the manufacturers to
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come up with, was it leakage current? What was going on?
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Did the manufacturers of the breakers going to solve this issue?
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Who's going to fix this issue?
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Were the manufacturers of the equipment going to, the frequency,
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were they going to lock down on it and solve
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the issue? Who did? But in 2026... The changes here
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is that the limit was, in the 2020, they raised
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the current limit from 50 amps to 60 amps, okay?
962
00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:45.260
So it covers broader application, higher power, right? By definition,
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listed HVAC equipment is an outlet, okay? If you look
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at the definition, whether it's hardwired or cord and plug,
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if the equipment's outside and it plugs into it, okay,
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we're dealing with an outlet. and the GFCI or SPGFCI
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protection is required.
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There are a.
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Few limited exceptions to the rule, including most lighting outlets
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that would be outside, even snow melting or de-icing equipment.
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You have some exceptions for that. The requirements for protecting
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listed HVAC equipment has been postponed, which many people have
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a cycle which had that exception. was post-dated to September 1st, 2026. Well,
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we're past that now. So this is going to be required.
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So you're still having those issues. Hopefully manufacturers have addressed this.
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My understanding is, and don't hold me to this, my
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understanding is Eaton says they've addressed the issue. I don't
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yet know if Square D or Schneider has addressed the issue.
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I don't know yet at this time of recording whether
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Siemens has addressed the issue or GE has addressed the
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issue or, you know, whatever. Or maybe even whether Federal
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Pacific has addressed it. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.
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I'm just kidding. I'm just throwing that out there. Okay. Okay.
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Next change that we have, and it's going to be
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the last one for this episode, but we will continue
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on with the part two. But the 210.23A introduced a
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00:58:22.949 --> 00:58:26.250
10-amp brand circuit. So a 10-amp brand circuit was introduced
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00:58:26.289 --> 00:58:30.389
in the 2023 edition with limited usage. Now, this section
989
00:58:30.429 --> 00:58:34.519
has been revised and now allows 10-amp brand circuits to
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be used for lighting outlets. because you can't control the
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00:58:37.820 --> 00:58:40.429
load based on whatever the wattage is, right? Nothing like
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00:58:40.469 --> 00:58:43.489
a receptacle, which you can't use these on, because you
993
00:58:43.530 --> 00:58:46.199
don't know what somebody's going to plug into it. With lighting,
994
00:58:46.239 --> 00:58:48.460
you can use some intelligence to understand what your wattage
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00:58:48.559 --> 00:58:49.760
is and do Ohm's law and.
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00:58:49.739 --> 00:58:50.840
Figure it out, right?
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00:58:51.389 --> 00:58:51.550
So.
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00:58:52.500 --> 00:58:54.320
And of course, if you exceed your 10 amps, it's
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00:58:54.360 --> 00:58:56.400
going to trip a certain amount of time depending on
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00:58:56.420 --> 00:58:58.949
the trip curve anyway. But we're going to allow you
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00:58:58.969 --> 00:59:01.670
to use these 10 amp brand circuits for lighting outlets
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00:59:01.829 --> 00:59:05.429
and dwelling unit exhaust fans on bathrooms and laundry room
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00:59:05.469 --> 00:59:11.300
lighting circuits only. So 310.5A has only... also been revised
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00:59:11.340 --> 00:59:16.300
in the 2026 to allow 16 copper. And by the way,
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00:59:16.679 --> 00:59:19.699
none of us manufacturers of building wire is going to
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00:59:19.820 --> 00:59:21.719
make a 16 copper, I believe.
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00:59:21.800 --> 00:59:23.039
I just don't think it's worth it.
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00:59:24.460 --> 00:59:26.920
But it does introduce you the ability to use 14
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00:59:26.920 --> 00:59:31.860
copper clad aluminum and 12 aluminum conductors to be used
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00:59:32.139 --> 00:59:34.780
on 10 amp brand circuits. At the end of the day,
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00:59:35.090 --> 00:59:37.809
none of us are going to probably make a 12
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00:59:37.809 --> 00:59:41.670
gauge aluminum. We're probably not, even though the code would
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00:59:41.710 --> 00:59:44.190
permit it, we're probably not, not going to waste.
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00:59:44.010 --> 00:59:44.849
Our time on that.
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00:59:44.889 --> 00:59:47.449
And the reason for this is If I'm an electrician
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00:59:47.489 --> 00:59:49.690
and I'm doing a project, I do not want to
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00:59:49.769 --> 00:59:52.690
carry five, four different sizes of wire to get the
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00:59:52.730 --> 00:59:55.309
job done. If I can carry a 14 gauge copper
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00:59:55.329 --> 00:59:56.989
and I can get 15 amps out of that sucker,
1020
00:59:57.070 --> 00:59:59.949
I'm going to get, what's the need? That five more
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01:00:00.070 --> 01:00:02.710
amps is important because now I can still use that
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01:00:02.929 --> 01:00:06.719
and combine it with a receptacle branch circuit and do
1023
01:00:06.739 --> 01:00:08.900
the lighting at the same time, rather than have something
1024
01:00:08.940 --> 01:00:10.960
that's specific to lighting. And that's the only thing I
1025
01:00:10.980 --> 01:00:13.199
can put on it is lighting in an exhaust fan.
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01:00:13.739 --> 01:00:17.409
So from an electrician perspective, it's not really whether the
1027
01:00:17.449 --> 01:00:19.929
code permits it. It's, it's kind of one of those
1028
01:00:19.949 --> 01:00:25.219
things like it's not, it's just not within the flow
1029
01:00:25.260 --> 01:00:26.940
of how I'm going to wire a dwelling. You get
1030
01:00:26.960 --> 01:00:30.679
what I'm saying? So, and it's ripe for confusion that,
1031
01:00:30.860 --> 01:00:33.460
you know, because there is no color coding system when
1032
01:00:33.500 --> 01:00:35.739
it comes to the sheathing and it just can be confusing.
1033
01:00:36.469 --> 01:00:39.809
So for me, we as manufacturers are not going to
1034
01:00:39.849 --> 01:00:43.969
make 16 gauge. Okay. Okay. And, you know, there's options
1035
01:00:44.050 --> 01:00:46.510
out there. Different manufacturers make stuff out there. But I'm
1036
01:00:46.530 --> 01:00:49.230
saying from a practical sense, I'm not going to carry
1037
01:00:49.510 --> 01:00:53.230
different sizes. I'm going to carry, you know, I'm going
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01:00:53.250 --> 01:00:58.210
to carry a 14 gauge, 12 gauge, 10 gauge copper.
1039
01:00:58.269 --> 01:01:00.070
And that's just what I'm going to go with for
1040
01:01:00.090 --> 01:01:02.469
those various applications. Because the 10 gauge, I'm going to
1041
01:01:02.489 --> 01:01:04.210
probably buy in lengths that I can need. I'm not
1042
01:01:04.230 --> 01:01:05.670
going to get a whole roll. I'm just going to
1043
01:01:05.690 --> 01:01:08.170
do like water heaters and things like that. Right. 12 gauge,
1044
01:01:08.309 --> 01:01:10.550
I'm just going to buy enough to do my required
1045
01:01:10.550 --> 01:01:12.789
20 amp brand circuits. And then everything else, I'm just
1046
01:01:12.809 --> 01:01:14.789
going to use 14 gauge and I can do lighting
1047
01:01:15.449 --> 01:01:17.969
and I can do receptacles on those grand circuits where
1048
01:01:18.010 --> 01:01:21.010
I'm limited under the 10 amp brand circuit allocate. So
1049
01:01:21.050 --> 01:01:21.469
it's there.
1050
01:01:22.329 --> 01:01:23.630
If you want to use it, it's there.
1051
01:01:23.789 --> 01:01:27.130
Go ahead. I'm not here nor there. Do it whatever
1052
01:01:27.170 --> 01:01:30.170
you want. But I'm saying practical sense for me, as
1053
01:01:30.190 --> 01:01:32.820
an electrician, I'm just not going to do that. I'm
1054
01:01:32.840 --> 01:01:35.010
going to carry what I'm going to use the most.
1055
01:01:35.599 --> 01:01:39.940
And obviously, there's far more receptacles in a dwelling than
1056
01:01:39.960 --> 01:01:43.880
it would be for the lighting. So I'm just going
1057
01:01:43.900 --> 01:01:47.460
to do this. And ultimately, when you're starting to price
1058
01:01:47.519 --> 01:01:49.519
things out, at the end of the day, it's time
1059
01:01:49.559 --> 01:01:54.269
is money. and shifting and changing and buying separate inventories
1060
01:01:54.309 --> 01:01:56.139
and all that, for me, it's just not worth it.
1061
01:01:56.329 --> 01:01:59.989
That's from an electrician. Just, it's my perspective. Nothing else.
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01:02:00.880 --> 01:02:03.139
All right? All right, folks, we're going to stop there
1063
01:02:03.179 --> 01:02:05.199
at this episode. Hopefully you got something out of this
1064
01:02:06.559 --> 01:02:09.500
and you continue to subscribe and share it with other people.
1065
01:02:09.539 --> 01:02:11.260
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01:02:11.320 --> 01:02:13.559
in the shower. That's your own personal prerogative, how you
1067
01:02:13.579 --> 01:02:19.889
do that. But, yeah, it's easy to listen in the car. Uh,
1068
01:02:20.050 --> 01:02:22.190
and just chill out when you're going from job site
1069
01:02:22.210 --> 01:02:24.710
to job site, dude, listen to our podcast. You can
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01:02:24.750 --> 01:02:28.449
go to any search engine and type master the NEC podcast.
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01:02:28.469 --> 01:02:31.030
You're going to see us. Um, if you want to
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01:02:31.050 --> 01:02:33.349
be on a show, uh, and you are in the
1073
01:02:33.389 --> 01:02:35.510
industry and you think it'd be beneficial for you to
1074
01:02:35.570 --> 01:02:38.010
come on and explain something, reach out to us at
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01:02:38.110 --> 01:02:40.659
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01:02:40.699 --> 01:02:46.280
track system.com or me personally, uh, paul.abernethy at fast track system.com.
1077
01:02:46.739 --> 01:02:48.579
And I'm more than happy to discuss it with you.
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01:02:48.599 --> 01:02:51.719
Have you on the show? and let you explain your
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01:02:51.760 --> 01:02:55.219
product or whatnot. We'd love to have you. But remember,
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01:02:55.699 --> 01:02:58.780
I'm not an easy sell. So if I see something
1081
01:02:58.800 --> 01:03:02.239
I don't like, I call it out and I'm going to.
1082
01:03:02.239 --> 01:03:05.050
Make you aware of it. So again, don't be shocked
1083
01:03:05.199 --> 01:03:06.489
if I do that. All right, folks.
1084
01:03:06.889 --> 01:03:08.849
Till next time, stay safe. God bless. And I hope
1085
01:03:08.889 --> 01:03:12.309
to catch you on an upcoming episode of Master the
1086
01:03:12.369 --> 01:03:14.150
NEC Podcast. Till next time, stay safe.
1087
01:03:14.670 --> 01:03:15.150
God bless.
1088
01:03:16.460 --> 01:03:19.380
Thanks for tuning in to another electrifying episode of the
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01:03:19.420 --> 01:03:23.860
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01:03:23.920 --> 01:03:26.179
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1091
01:03:26.239 --> 01:03:30.469
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1092
01:03:30.530 --> 01:03:34.030
electrical trade, knowledge is power, and we're here to make
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01:03:34.090 --> 01:03:37.429
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01:03:37.489 --> 01:03:42.809
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01:03:51.070 --> 01:03:54.980
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01:03:55.039 --> 01:03:58.239
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01:03:58.340 --> 01:04:03.559
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01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:07.739
the trade. From all of us here at Electrical Code Academy,
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01:04:08.019 --> 01:04:10.119
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