Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Understanding Requirements for Bonding and Grounding, 2020 NEC

✍ Scribed by Mike Holt

• Publisher: Mike Holt
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 382
• Edition: 2020
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

One of the most confusing areas of the trade continues to be bonding and grounding. Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to NEC Requirements for Bonding and Grounding belongs in the hands of every Electrician, Inspector, and Engineer who needs to understand the seemingly conflicting information of how to properly apply these particular NEC rules. The extensive graphics show current flow in both normal and fault conditions, which completely illustrate just what is happening, so you can better understand why the Code rules are what they are and how they are applied.

This new edition continues to expand on the great graphics that have set the standard for the industry. The text beautifully clears up misconceptions about bonding versus grounding and breaks down each of the Code articles that deal with this topic. Mike's ability to explain these rules and their practical application in real-world settings will help you to fully understand the "why" behind these rules, helping to ensure you know how to apply the NEC every day. More than any other topic in the Electrical industry, bonding and grounding is at the core of most power quality, and safety issues, making this book a must-have for everyone at every level of the industry.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Section I - Electrical Fundamentals
Unit 1 - Matter
Practice Questions
Unit 2 - Electron Theory
Practice Questions
Unit 3 - Souces, Uses, and Dangers of Electricity
Practice Questions
Unit 4 - Circuit Protective Devices
Part A - Overcurrent Protection Devices
Part B - Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs)
Practice Questions
Section II - NEC Rules for Bonding and Grounding
90 - Introduction to the National Electrical Code
Practice Questions
Chapter 1 - General Rules
100 - Definitions
110 - Requirements for Electrical Installations
Practice Questions
Chapter 2 - Wiring and Protection
250 - Grounding and Bonding
Part I - General
Part II - System Grounding and Bonding
Part III - Grounding Electrode System and Grounding Electrode Conductor
Part IV - Enclosure, Raceway, and Service Cable Connections
Part V - Bonding for Fault Current
Part VI - Equipment Grounding and Equipment Grounding Conductors
Part VII - Methods of Equipment Grounding Conductor Connections
Practice Questions
Chapter 3 - Wiring Methods and Materials
300 - General Requirements for Wiring Methods and Materials
314 - Outlet, Device, Pull, and Junction Boxes; Conduit Bodies; and Handhole Enclosures
Part II - Installation
320 - Armored Cable (Type AC)
330 - Metal-Clad Cable (Type MC)
334 - Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable (Type NM)
348 - Flexible Metal Conduit (Type FMC)
350 - Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit (Type LFMC)
352 - Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride Conduit (Type PVC)
356 - Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit (Type LFNC)
358 - Electrical Metallic Tubing (Type EMT)
362 - Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing (Type ENT)
386 - Surface Metal Raceways
392 - Cable Trays
Practice Questions
Chapter 4 - Equipment for General Use
404 - Switches
406 - Receptacles and Attachment Plugs (Caps)
408 - Switchboards and Panelboards
410 - Luminaires, Lampholders, and Lamps
Part I - General
Part V - Grounding (Bonding)
Part XVI - Special Provisions for Horticultural Lighting Equipment
440 - Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment
450 - Transformers
Practice Questions
Chapter 5 - Special Occupancies
501 - Class I Hazardous (Classified) Locations
Part I - General
502 - Class II Hazardous (Classified) Locations
503 - Class III Hazardous (Classified) Locations
517 - Health Care Facilities
525 - Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, and Similar Events
547 - Agricultural Buildings
555 - Marinas, Boatyards, and Docking Facilities
Practice Questions
Chapter 6 - Special Equipment
600 - Electric Signs and Outline Lighting
645 - Information Technology Equipment
680 - Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, Fountains, and Similar Installations
Part I - General Requirements for Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, and Fountains
Part II - Permanently Installed Pools
Part IV - Spas, Hot Tubs, and Permanently Installed Immersion Pools
Part V - Fountains
Part VII - Hydromassage Bathtubs
Part VIII - Electrically Powered Pool Lifts
690 - Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems
Part I - General
Part IV - Wiring Methods and Materials
Part V - Grounding and Bonding
Practice Questions
Chapter 8 - Communications Systems
800 - General Requirements for Communications Systems
Part I - General
810 - Radio and Television Satellite Equipment
Part III - Amateur and Citizen Band Transmitting and Receiving Stations - Antenna Systems
820 - Community Antenna Television (CATV) and Radio Distribution Systems (Coaxial Cable)
Part I - General
Part III - Protection
Part IV - Grounding Methods
Practice Questions
Final Exam A - Section II - Straight Order
Final Exam B - Section II - Random Order
Index
Answer Key