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Two Minute Drill
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automatically in 2:00 minutes. The correct answer
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Services
• The service entrance of a building may be
located less than three feet from a window as
long as the conductors are installed so that
they___________ of the window.
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Services
• Run above the top level
230.9(A)Ex
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Services
• Raceways that carry service-conductors that
are embedded in masonry shall be
__________.
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Services
• Arranged to drain
230.53
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Services
• A cable tray may serve to carry serviceentrance conductors along with other
conductors as long as there is a ________.
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Services
• Barrier
230.44Ex
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Services
• True of False, the disconnect for a TVSS is
not counted as one of the six disconnects
allowed for a service.
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Services
• True
230.71(A)
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Services
• The service head for entrance-conductors
should be located above the point of
attachment but may be located elsewhere as
long as the attachment is within __________
feet.
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Services
• 2 feet
230.54(C) Ex
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Overcurrent Protection
• According to Article ___________________
of the 2005 NEC, nonstandard fuses are
permitted.
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Overcurrent Protection
• True
240.6(A)
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Grounding
• For multiple separately derived systems the
common grounding electrode conductor shall
not be smaller than __________________.
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Grounding
• 3/0 CU or 250Kcm AL 250.30(A)(4)(a)
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Raceways
• The minimum burial depth for a nonmetallic
raceway with no vehicular traffic shall be
__________________ inches.
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Raceways
• 4"
Table 300.5 Col. 3
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Calculations
• A conductor passing through a junction box
with a loop length of ______________ shall
be counted twice for box fill calculations.
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Calculations
• Twice the minimum length required by Article
300.14
•
314.16(B)(1)
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Grounding
• When bonding equipment, __________shall
not be used for this connection and the
termination shall not depend solely
on__________________.
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Grounding
• Sheet metal screws, solder 250.8
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• The size of a feeder, grounded conductor
shall not be smaller than required
by_________, except that _________ shall
not apply where grounded conductors are
run in parallel.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 250.122, 250.122(F)
215.2(A)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• Where the premises wiring system has
branch circuits supplied from more than one
nominal voltage system, each ungrounded
conductor of a branch circuit, where
accessible, shall be identified by
__________.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• System
210.5(C)
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Equipment Use
• The size of the industrial control panel supply
conductor shall have an ampacity not less
than ________ percent of the full load
current of all resistance heating loads plus
125% of the full load current rating of the
highest rated motor plus the sum of the full
load current ratings of all connected motors
and apparatus based on their duty cycle that
may be in operation at the same time.
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Equipment Use
• 125%
409.20
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Equipment Use
• A ballast in a fluorescent luminaire that is
used for egress lighting and energized only
during a failure of the normal supply shall not
have ________________.
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Equipment Use
• Thermal Protection
410.73(E)(4)
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Grounding
• The earth shall not be considered as an
effective ground fault current path. True or
False
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Grounding
• True
250.4(A)(5)
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Overcurrent Protection
• Can the next standard sized overcurrent
protective device be used to protect tap
conductors for transformer secondary
conductors?
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Overcurrent Protection
• NO 240.21(C)
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Grounding
• All grounding electrodes as described in 250.
52(A)(1) through 250.52(A)(6) that are
____________ at each building or structure
served shall be bonded together to form the
grounding electrode system.
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Grounding
• Present
250.50
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Equipment Use
• Handhold enclosure covers shall have an
_____________________ that prominently
identifies the function of the enclosure.
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Equipment Use
• identifying mark or logo 314.30(D)
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Conductors and Cable
Assemblies
• Type MC cable does not have to be
supported if it is not more than 2 feet long
and it is being used to provide flexibility to a
termination. True or False
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• True
Conductors and Cable
Assemblies
320.30(D)
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Equipment Use
• Wiring installed in aircraft hangars in unclassified
locations that are adjacent to areas in which
flammable liquids or vapors are not likely to be
released, such as stock rooms or electrical control
rooms, which are adequately ventilated and are
effectively cut off from the hangar itself by walls or
partitions, shall be permitted to be of any suitable
type wiring method recognized by chapter 3 of the
NEC. True or False
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Equipment Use
• True Exception to 513.7
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Equipment Use
• A 1/2" knockout will be made in a fluorescent
light fixture that will be mounted over a
junction box. The light fixture will be mounted
with toggle bolts. A 1/2" chase nipple will be
installed so that the conductors from the box
can be brought into the fixture for make up.
Is this is legal installation according to the
NEC?
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Equipment Use
• No
410.14(A)
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Equipment Use
• Is thermal protection required for the ballast
of a fluorescent exit light?
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Equipment Use
• No
410.73(E)(3)
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Equipment Use
• The 480 volt auxiliary equipment of an
electric discharge lamp is permanently
installed in a luminaire and the luminaire is
mounted on a pole for the illumination of a
highway. What is the minimum height above
the ground the auxiliary equipment must be
mounted?
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Equipment Use
• 22 ft 210.6(D)(1)(a)
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Equipment Use
• Is the terminal of an electric discharge lamp
rated in excess of 1000V considered to be a
live part according to the NEC?
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Equipment Use
• Yes 410.80 (C)
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Grounding
• Is an equipment grounding conductor
required to be installed in listed metal flexible
conduit that is 2 feet in length and is used
only to provide flexible connection to a
motor?
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Grounding
• Yes 250.118(5)(d)
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Grounding
• Exposed, non-current carrying, metal parts of
motion picture projection equipment that is
fastened in place shall be grounded
regardless of voltage. True or False
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Grounding
• True 250.112 (H
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Grounding
• Exposed, non-current carrying, metal parts of
equipment that is connected by cord and
plug, regardless of voltage, that is installed in
non-hazardous locations shall be grounded.
True or False
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Grounding
• False 250.114 (1) and (2)
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Grounding
• The connection of a grounding electrode
conductor or bonding jumper to fire-proofed
structural steel shall not be required to be
accessible if it is made with an irreversible
compression connection. True or False
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Grounding
• True 250.68 (A) Exep. 2
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Grounding
• A ground rod of 8 feet in length must be
installed so that the connection point of the
grounding electrode conductor remains
accessible and above the ground. True or
False
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Grounding
• False 250.53 (G) and 250.68 (A) Exp. 1
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Grounding
• The ground fault current path of the
equipment grounding system is intended to
return fault current back to the earth. True or
False
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Grounding
• False 250.2 Back to the source
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• Where calculations result in a fraction of an
ampere that is less than __________, such
fractions shall be permitted to be dropped.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• .5
220.5(B)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• Outlets for heavy duty lamp holders shall be
calculated at a minimum of _______ voltamperes.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 600
220.14(E)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• A load not less than ___________ volt
amperes shall be included for each 2-wire
laundry branch circuit installed as required by
210.11(C)(2).
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 1500
220.52(B)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• An alternate load calculation for determine if
the existing service or feeder is of sufficient
capacity to serve additional loads in an
existing dwelling unit is found in
__________________.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 220.83 220.83
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• The rules for calculating the load on fixed
multi-outlet assemblies are found in
_______________.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 220.14(H)
220.14(H)
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Practice Code Look
Up
Questions and Answers
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Services
• The service entrance of a building may be
located less than three feet from a window as
long as the conductors are installed so that
they___________ of the window.
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Services
• Run above the top level
230.9(A)Ex
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Services
• Raceways that carry service-conductors that
are embedded in masonry shall be
__________.
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Services
• Arranged to drain
230.53
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Services
• A cable tray may serve to carry serviceentrance conductors along with other
conductors as long as there is a ________.
Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith
Services
• Barrier
230.44Ex
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Services
• True of False, the disconnect for a TVSS is
not counted as one of the six disconnects
allowed for a service.
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Services
• True
230.71(A)
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Services
• The service head for entrance-conductors
should be located above the point of
attachment but may be located elsewhere as
long as the attachment is within __________
feet.
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Services
• 2 feet
230.54(C) Ex
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Overcurrent Protection
• According to Article ___________________
of the 2005 NEC, nonstandard fuses are
permitted.
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Overcurrent Protection
• True
240.6(A)
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Grounding
• For multiple separately derived systems the
common grounding electrode conductor shall
not be smaller than __________________.
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Grounding
• 3/0 CU or 250Kcm AL 250.30(A)(4)(a)
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Raceways
• The minimum burial depth for a nonmetallic
raceway with no vehicular traffic shall be
__________________ inches.
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Raceways
• 4"
Table 300.5 Col. 3
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Calculations
• A conductor passing through a junction box
with a loop length of ______________ shall
be counted twice for box fill calculations.
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Calculations
• Twice the minimum length required by Article
300.14
•
314.16(B)(1)
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Grounding
• When bonding equipment, __________shall
not be used for this connection and the
termination shall not depend solely
on__________________.
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Grounding
• Sheet metal screws, solder 250.8
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• The size of a feeder, grounded conductor
shall not be smaller than required
by_________, except that _________ shall
not apply where grounded conductors are
run in parallel.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 250.122, 250.122(F)
215.2(A)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• Where the premises wiring system has
branch circuits supplied from more than one
nominal voltage system, each ungrounded
conductor of a branch circuit, where
accessible, shall be identified by
__________.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• System
210.5(C)
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Equipment Use
• The size of the industrial control panel supply
conductor shall have an ampacity not less
than ________ percent of the full load
current of all resistance heating loads plus
125% of the full load current rating of the
highest rated motor plus the sum of the full
load current ratings of all connected motors
and apparatus based on their duty cycle that
may be in operation at the same time.
Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith
Equipment Use
• 125%
409.20
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Equipment Use
• A ballast in a fluorescent luminaire that is
used for egress lighting and energized only
during a failure of the normal supply shall not
have ________________.
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Equipment Use
• Thermal Protection
410.73(E)(4)
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Grounding
• The earth shall not be considered as an
effective ground fault current path. True or
False
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Grounding
• True
250.4(A)(5)
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Overcurrent Protection
• Can the next standard sized overcurrent
protective device be used to protect tap
conductors for transformer secondary
conductors?
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Overcurrent Protection
• NO 240.21(C)
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Grounding
• All grounding electrodes as described in 250.
52(A)(1) through 250.52(A)(6) that are
____________ at each building or structure
served shall be bonded together to form the
grounding electrode system.
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Grounding
• Present
250.50
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Equipment Use
• Handhold enclosure covers shall have an
_____________________ that prominently
identifies the function of the enclosure.
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Equipment Use
• identifying mark or logo 314.30(D)
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Conductors and Cable
Assemblies
• Type MC cable does not have to be
supported if it is not more than 2 feet long
and it is being used to provide flexibility to a
termination. True or False
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• True
Conductors and Cable
Assemblies
320.30(D)
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Equipment Use
• Wiring installed in aircraft hangars in unclassified
locations that are adjacent to areas in which
flammable liquids or vapors are not likely to be
released, such as stock rooms or electrical control
rooms, which are adequately ventilated and are
effectively cut off from the hangar itself by walls or
partitions, shall be permitted to be of any suitable
type wiring method recognized by chapter 3 of the
NEC. True or False
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Equipment Use
• True Exception to 513.7
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Equipment Use
• A 1/2" knockout will be made in a fluorescent
light fixture that will be mounted over a
junction box. The light fixture will be mounted
with toggle bolts. A 1/2" chase nipple will be
installed so that the conductors from the box
can be brought into the fixture for make up.
Is this is legal installation according to the
NEC?
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Equipment Use
• No
410.14(A)
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Equipment Use
• Is thermal protection required for the ballast
of a fluorescent exit light?
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Equipment Use
• No
410.73(E)(3)
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Equipment Use
• The 480 volt auxiliary equipment of an
electric discharge lamp is permanently
installed in a luminaire and the luminaire is
mounted on a pole for the illumination of a
highway. What is the minimum height above
the ground the auxiliary equipment must be
mounted?
Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith
Equipment Use
• 22 ft 210.6(D)(1)(a)
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Equipment Use
• Is the terminal of an electric discharge lamp
rated in excess of 1000V considered to be a
live part according to the NEC?
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Equipment Use
• Yes 410.80 (C)
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Grounding
• Is an equipment grounding conductor
required to be installed in listed metal flexible
conduit that is 2 feet in length and is used
only to provide flexible connection to a
motor?
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Grounding
• Yes 250.118(5)(d)
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Grounding
• Exposed, non-current carrying, metal parts of
motion picture projection equipment that is
fastened in place shall be grounded
regardless of voltage. True or False
Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith
Grounding
• True 250.112 (H
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Grounding
• Exposed, non-current carrying, metal parts of
equipment that is connected by cord and
plug, regardless of voltage, that is installed in
non-hazardous locations shall be grounded.
True or False
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Grounding
• False 250.114 (1) and (2)
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Grounding
• The connection of a grounding electrode
conductor or bonding jumper to fire-proofed
structural steel shall not be required to be
accessible if it is made with an irreversible
compression connection. True or False
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Grounding
• True 250.68 (A) Exep. 2
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Grounding
• A ground rod of 8 feet in length must be
installed so that the connection point of the
grounding electrode conductor remains
accessible and above the ground. True or
False
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Grounding
• False 250.53 (G) and 250.68 (A) Exp. 1
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Grounding
• The ground fault current path of the
equipment grounding system is intended to
return fault current back to the earth. True or
False
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Grounding
• False 250.2 Back to the source
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• Where calculations result in a fraction of an
ampere that is less than __________, such
fractions shall be permitted to be dropped.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• .5
220.5(B)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• Outlets for heavy duty lamp holders shall be
calculated at a minimum of _______ voltamperes.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 600
220.14(E)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• A load not less than ___________ volt
amperes shall be included for each 2-wire
laundry branch circuit installed as required by
210.11(C)(2).
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 1500
220.52(B)
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• An alternate load calculation for determine if
the existing service or feeder is of sufficient
capacity to serve additional loads in an
existing dwelling unit is found in
__________________.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 220.83 220.83
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• The rules for calculating the load on fixed
multi-outlet assemblies are found in
_______________.
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Feeders and Branch Circuits
• 220.14(H)
220.14(H)
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