McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code Handbook 2011, 27th Edition

This updated edition of McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code Handbook provides a wealth of information to anyone needing a better understanding of the 2011 NEC. View the full table of contents below.

Coverage of NEC article, including:

• Requirements for electrical installations
• Branch circuits, feeders, grounding, bonding, and overcurrent protection
• Wiring methods, cables, conduits, tubing, and raceways
• Fixture wires, switches, appliances, generators, capacitors, and storage batteries
• Hazardous locations, health care facilities, agricultural buildings, temporary installations, and other locations
• Electrical vehicle charging systems, IT equipment, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, and small wind electric systems
• Emergency systems, interconnected electric power production sources, and critical operations power systems (COPS)
• Communications circuits, radio and television equipment, and broadband communications systems
• And much more

Table of Contents:

• Ch 1:100 Definitions; 110 Requirements for Electrical Installations
• Ch 2: 200 Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors; 210 Branch Circuits; 215 Feeders; 220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Calculations; 225 Outside Branch Circuits and Feeders; 230 Services; 240 Overcurrent Protection250 Grounding and Bonding; 280 Surge Arresters, Over 1 k V; 285 Surge Protector Devices, 1 k V or Less
• Ch 3: 300 Wiring Methods; 310 Conductors for General Wiring; 312 Cabinets, Cutout Boxes, and Meter Socket Enclosures; 314 Outlet, Device, Pull, and Junction Boxes; Conduit Bodies; Fittings; and Handhole Enclosures; 320 Armored Cable: Type AC; 322 Flat Cable Assemblies: Type FC; 324 Flat Conductor Cable: Type FCC; 326 Integrated Gas Spacer Cable: Type IGS; 328 Medium Voltage Cable: Type MV; 330 Metal-Clad Cable: Type MC; 332 Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Cable: Type M; 334 Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable: Types NM, NMC, and NMS; 336 Power and Control Tray Cable: Type TC; 338 Service-Entrance Cable: Types SE and USE; 340 Underground Feeder and Branch-Circuit Cable: Type UF; 342 Intermediate Metal Conduit: Type IMC; 344 Rigid Metal Conduit: Type RMC; 348 Flexible Metal Conduit: Type FMC; 350 Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit: Type LFMC; 352 Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride Conduit: Type PVC; 353 High Density Polyethelene Conduit: Type HDPE; 354 Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors: Type NUCC; 355 Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit: Type RTRC; 356 Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit: Type LFNC; 358 Electrical Metallic Tubing: Type EMT; 60 Flexible Metallic Tubing: Type FMC; 362 Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing: Type ENT; 366 Auxiliary Gutters; 368 Busways; 370 Cablebus; 372 Cellular Concrete Floor Raceways; 374 Cellular Metal Floor Raceways; 376 Metal Wireways; 378 Nonmetallic Wireways; 380 Multioutlet Assembly; 382 Nonmetallic Extensions; 384 Strut-Type Channel Raceway; 386 Surface Metal Raceways; 388 Surface Nonmetallic Raceways; 390 Underfloor Raceways; 392 Cable Trays; 394 Concealed Knob-and-Tube Wiring; 396 Messenger-Supported Wiring; 398 Open Wiring on Insulators
• Ch 4: 400 Flexible Cords and Cables; 402 Fixture Wires; 404 Switches; 406 Receptacles, Cord Connectors, and Attachment Plugs (CAPS); 408 Switchboards and Panelboards; 409 Industrial Control Panels; 410 Luminaires, Lampholders, and Lamps; 411 Lighting Systems Operating at 30 V or Less; 422 Appliances; 424 Fixed Electric Space-Heating Equipment; 426 Fixed Outdoor Electric Deicing and Snow-Melting Equipment; 427 Fixed Electric Heating Equipment for Pipelines and Vessels; 430 Motors, Motor Circuits, and Controllers; 440 Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Equipment; 445 Generators; 450 Transformers and Transformer Vaults (Including Secondary Ties); 455 Phase Converters; 460 Capacitors; 470 Resistors and Reactors; 480 Storage Batteries; 490 Equipment Over 600 Volts Nominal
• Ch 5: 500 Hazardous (Classified) Locations, Classes I, II, and III, Divisions 1 and 2; 501 Class I Locations; 502 Class II Locations; 503 Class III Locations; 504 Intrinsically Safe Systems; 505 Class I, Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations; 506 Zone 20, 21, 22 Locations for Combustible Dusts or Ignitible Fibers/Flyings; 510 Hazardous (Classified) Locations-Specific; 511 Commercial Garages, Repair and Storage; 513 Aircraft Hangars; 514 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities; 515 Bulk Storage Plants; 516 Spray Application, Dipping, and Coating Processes; 517 Health Care Facilities; 518 Assembly Occupancies; 520 Theaters, Audience Areas of Motion Picture and Television Studios, and Similar Locations; 522 Control Systems for Permanent Amusement Attractions; 525 Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, and Similar Events; 530 Motion Picture and Television Studios and Similar Locations; 540 Motion Picture Projections Rooms; 545 Manufactured Buildings; 547 Agricultural Buildings; 550 Mobile Homes, Manufactured Homes, and Mobile Home Parks; 551 Recreational Vehicles and Recreational Vehicle Parks; 552 Park Trailers; 553 Floating Buildings; 555 Marinas and Boatyards; 590 Temporary Installations
• Ch 6: 600 Electric Signs and Outline Lighting; 604 Manufactured Wiring Systems; 605 Office Furnishings (Consisting of Lighting Accessories and Wired Partitions); 610 Cranes and Hoists; 620 Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Wheelchair Lifts, and Stairway Chair Lifts; 625 Electrical Vehicle Charging Systems; 626 Electrified Truck Parking Spaces; 630 Electric Welders; 640 Audio Signal Processing, Amplification, and Reproduction Equipment; 645 Information Technology Equipment; 647 Sensitive Electronic Equipment; 650 Pipe Organs; 660 X-ray Equipment; 665 Induction and Dielectric Heating Equipment; 668 Electrolytic Cells; 669 Electroplating; 670 Industrial Machinery; 675 Electrically Driven or Controlled Irrigation Machines; 680 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations; 682 Natural and Artificially Made Bodies of Water; 685 Integrated Electrical Systems; 690 Solar Photovoltaic Systems; 692 Fuel Cell Systems; 695 Fire Pumps
• Ch 7: 700 Emergency Systems; 701 Legally Required Standby Systems; 702 Optional Standby Systems; 705 Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources; 708 Critical Operations Power Systems (COPS); 720 Circuits and Equipment Operating at Less Than 50 Volts; 725 Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 Remote-Control, Signaling, and Power-Limited Circuits; 727 Instrumentation Tray Cable: Type ITC; 760 Fire Alarm Systems; 770 Optical Fiber Cables and Raceways; 780 Closed-Loop and Programmed Power Distribution (Deleted)
• Ch 8: 800 Communications Circuits; 810 Radio and Television Equipment; 820 Community Antenna Television and Radio Distribution Systems; 830 Network-Powered Broadband Communications Systems
• Ch 9: Tables