Florida Building Code Residential Electrical Code

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This weeks post comes from the Florida Building Code Residential Electrical code from Chapters 34 through 45.  Inside each chapter they have given us some of the best illustrations that I’ve seen. So every now and then I will pull up one or two to show you.  This one shows the clearances from overhead services to platforms , widows and  the like.  A good illustration on what the code implies (230.9).

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Jake

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2014 Code Change 250.68 (C)(2)

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This weeks change allows us to use the steel frame of a building in place of running a conductor all around a building.   Bonding each item that needs to be bonded into part of the Grounding Electrode system.  Such as the case of the electrical service on one side of the building and the cold water service on the other.

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2014 Code Change 250.68(C)(3) Grounding Electrode Connection

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In the 2014 NEC they are going to allow us to extend the connection from Grounding Electrode (concrete encased electrode)

into a wall or above grade. In the past we could only have the conductor from the rebar extending out from the concrete

encasement, now we can have the rebar extend out from the encasement for a connection.  So this will work when the

town or city will not let you make this connection in the meter can, and you have a main breakers panel as your first means

of disconnect, you bond the neutral to this electrode in the wall near the panel if needed.  As you can see in the picture on the

right the connection has to be accessible.

 

Till next time be safe work safe.

 

Jake

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