Rules for hazardous (classified) locations can be found in Chapter 5 [Special Occupancies] of the National Electrical Code (NEC). What are these specific locations, and why is the word “classified” in ...
You can live in a home for years without thinking about how far any outlet is from a corner. The moment you open a wall, add ...
Note: This article references the 2017 NEC because the Philadelphia area is still operating under that version of the Code. As you advance your electrical career, you must understand how everything ...
You tidy a panel, bundle loose cables, or cram one more splice into a junction box, and the work looks sharper than what you started with. Yet that same “cleanup” can quietly push you out of ...