Online anytime - 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC) Changes - Wiring Methods and Materials - Online Anytime

Why Should You Take This 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC) Changes - Wiring Methods and Materials - Online Anytime Course?

This 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC) Changes - Wiring Methods and Materials - Online Anytime Course is the third of several courses covering the changes in the 2014 edition of the National Electrical Code® (NEC®) created by the NFPA®. The 2014 NEC provides an accurate, reliable, and authoritative account of the hundreds of significant revisions in the 2014 Code. This Course provides coverage of significant changes in the 2014 National Electrical Code®. With every new edition of the NEC, some of the changes include new requirements to sections, while some of the changes include entirely new articles. Some changes are revisions to existing requirements while others are deletions to some existing requirements.

Chapter 3 covers wiring methods and materials, and provides some very specific installation requirements for conductors, cables, boxes, raceways, and fittings. This chapter includes detailed information about installation and restrictions involved with wiring methods. The chapter begins with rules that are common to most wiring methods, it then covers conductors and enclosures. The articles that follow become more specific and deal in more depth with individual wiring methods such as specific types of cables and various raceways. The chapter winds up with article 392, a support system, and the final articles for open wiring.

This course is approximately 2 hours in length, with an exam at the end. Once you pass the exam with a score of 70% or better, you can print your personalized certificate right from your computer, or download it as a PDF.

The course is fully narrated and packed with photos, interactivity, links to related content, and downloadable material.

The Following Topics Will Be Covered:

• Recognize the provisions that are considered necessary for safety of the public and compliance that is essentially free from hazard
• Describe the new item that was added to address safety concerns for conductors in raceways that ensure the safety of the public
• Explain how weep holes can improve electrical installations by providing a safe environment in damp locations
• Identify the intervals in which vertical installation with ungrounded conductors must be secured for safe placement in a building
• List the four types of approved RMC that provides mechanical and flame protection to building inhabitants
• Identify the safety label that is required on all cable trays that will ultimately warn the public of the conductors' high voltage