Likes: 2 Post 1 Post 1. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 20 of Thread Tools Show Printable Version. My girlfriend is going to be putting up a shop, and wants me to run the electricity in it. Im not an idiot when it comes to running electricity, but I know there are plenty of rules that have to be followed.
I have read on a couple places that once something like this is adopted as "law" it has to be available to the public at no cost. So I am trying to find a downloadable PDF of it to reference during the project, but like anything that seems to be important reference material, its expensive to buy, and impossible to find free, despite it supposed to be available for free. Does anyone here have any suggestions for links to check out to get a copy?
I have read that some states make it available to the public if that state has adopted it as law Seems like this place is such a wealth of knowledge that I thought I would ask here. Thanks Wade. Making the NEC or other building codes available free to the public has been the subject of a few lawsuits, and AFAIK, the courts have held that having a copy available at your public library or building department is sufficient to count as "freely available to the public".
The NFPA have a non-downloadable, non-printable, read-only version of all their codes available on their website. You will need to create an account to access them, however. You won't find it online. I don't know about the legal details, but it ain't online. There are numerous guides, abbreviated books and references that only contain the commonly needed things, and usually present the codes in a format that is more logically related to how work is actually done.
There are lots of such books on amazon, most also available used. What you really need depends a lot on what "shop" means in this context. Three phase, permanently wired machines, multiple welders? These things get more complex. If it's more like a typical garage shop -- single phase, a bunch of receptacles -- the NEC itself would not be a very useful investment. I agree with Mark, a book like Black and Decker's Advanced Home Wiring is probably going to cover most, if not all, of what you need.
Plus, unless you are way past "black is hot, white is neutral" most of the NEC is more than a little challenging to read and understand. What kind of elec requirements will the shop have? I downloaded mine I found it from a series of links to many cities NEC on an electrical website earlier this year. I need to dig to find what my original link was. The others are correct. Most of the NEC is not relevant to your needs, and unless you are conversant with reading it, will likely just confuse.
There are plenty of "how to" books referencing the NEC that will suit a home shop. Thanks for the input! Im not object to looking at different reference material Hoping to do it once - do it right as opposed to doing it mostly right and then having to pay for re-inspections.
I dont know if I would qualify as "way past - black is hot and white is neutral" - but Im definitely beyond the simplistic at least I think I am. The shop will have 3 phase, likely v, and initial plans will be ceiling light fixtures havent decided on which ones to use yet - and have been reading up on peoples thoughts here , at least two 3ph outlets, a couple single phase v outlets though I might just change the plugs on the single phase welders to keep all the outlets the same , and some duplex or quad outlets.
Its a 40x60 building and planning on having the bulk of the electricity on one half or less. Going minimalistic to start, and will add down the road as funds allow. Just fighting a tight budget here at the start. I spoke with the Inspector for my area, and he gave me some specific codes that I should be familiar with Lakeside: If you run across the link, I would be very interested in it.
Ill do some googling for and WY and see if I can come up with something. Colorado adopted the in July of this year, found that on the state site and was confirmed by the inspector.
He did mention that he had a that I could borrow, and then run stuff by him to check against the stuff But maybe going from the NEC might get me closer and just take him up on the offer to check my plans against the stuff.
Yeah yeah, I know, have my cake and eat it too I guess its just an inexplicable desire to accumulate knowledge and reference materials that I dont really need, just in case Id need it in the future. I probably just need my head examined Thanks again Wade. Join Date Sep Location il. Don't matter how much read'n you done, your first inspection is going to to receive a fixit list at least a page long.
If you could keep it down to a handful of items you would be doing unusually well. Anything he doesn't like he can flag as Section and, unless you can quote Article and Section where it says you can do it else-wise, the inspector's call is the final word. You've got two strikes against you if the inspector doesn't know you and know your work he is going to be looking everything over with a magnifying glass and if he hears the word 'shop' his sphincter is going to tighten up so tight you wont be able to slip a number 60 drill in there.
See if your inspector is going to allow ceiling mounted outlets as 'not readily accessible'. If so, run your general lighting circuits around the room as usual but install extra circuits in the ceiling with boxes every 8' or so to power your toys.
Tell the inspector they are for your work benches or to light artwork or something. If you are like me, you rearrange your shop occasionally and having cables everywhere is a pain. I don't have a solution except to wire your V toys after the inspector leaves. Not everything sold down the big-box store is going to fly with the inspector. Mine would not sign off on the cheap wire-nuts at all and only reluctantly passed the vinyl tape after initially red tagging it.
Good luck. I used to work with a guy that was an all around maintenance person. He had a yellow book called " Ugly's Electrical Reference". It had most of the info that pertained to my wiring needs. Originally Posted by starbolin. I don't know where you are at with this stuff, but 3-phase commercial service is more expensive, check all your costs first. As said above, any of the various "comprehensive" manuals like Ugly's is what you want to get.
Is this a home or a commercially-zoned building? If it is commercially zoned it may get more aggressively inspected.
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