[RE-wrenches] 2011 NEC and impact in the field

August Goers august at luminalt.com
Thu Jan 13 09:17:09 PST 2011


Mark -

Check out necplus:

http://www.nfpa.org/catalog/product.asp?title=&category_name=2011+National
+Electrical+Code+(NEC)&pid=necplus&target_pid=necplus&src_pid=&link_type=c
ategory

http://www.necplus.org

This is a subscription based service from the NFPA and gives access to
both current code and a few previous cycles. It is searchable. We recently
signed up and we're liking it so far.

-August

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From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Mark Frye
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:12 AM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] 2011 NEC and impact in the field

Does anyone here have the 2011 Code available on CD in a searchable
format?
Know where to get it?

Mark Frye
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
303 Redbud Way
Nevada City,  CA 95959
(530) 401-8024
www.berkeleysolar.com

-----Original Message-----
From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of August
Goers
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:35 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] 2011 NEC and impact in the field

Hi All -



My shiny new copy of the 2011 NEC handbook just came in the mail and I've
started reading through it trying to decipher what changes we should be
expecting in the future. Although California is now just adopting the 2008
NEC which I'm quite familiar with, many jurisdictions will honor the newer
version of the code if we provide a good argument for them.

That said, does anyone who's checked out the new code have any interesting
comments or advice on changes that might affect us out in the field?
Section
690.31(E) is interesting in that it has quite a few detailed requirements
for running DC circuits inside the building. Now it looks like MC cable is
acceptable but that there are many more strict requirements about how the
conduit or cable must be run. Labeling the DC conduit and J-boxes is also
going to be a change we'll have to get used to. Hopefully there will be
new
reasonably priced label sources available. I'm sure I'm not alone in
saying
that it's always been hard to find cost effective labels which can hold up
through the elements.

The grounding section also looks substantially updated.

As always, fun new things coming our way.

Best,

August


August Goers

Luminalt Energy Corporation
1320 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110
m: 415.559.1525
o: 415.641.4000
august at luminalt.com
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