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Hi Matt, thanks for your comment. I would like to invite you to sit in on one of my Zoom classes to discuss this. Send me an email to ElectricalTime at Yahoo dot com and include your phone number and state that you live in and I will call you to see which Zoom class is good for your schedule. Thanks, Steve

Hi, that is a great question. Send me an email to ElectricalTime At Yahoo Dot Com and I will send you a Zoom Invitation so we can discuss this in our NEC class next week. Thanks, Steve

Hi, that is a great question. Generally speaking, the local utility company will have their requirements on when Guy Wires are needed to be installed for masts that extend past the roof line. I am hosting NEC Code classes next week and if you would like to sit in on a free class on Zoom, just go to my website ElectricalTime.com and click on the first button for the Online Code Classes, thanks, Steve

Hi Morgan, that is a great question. While you have a very valid point, the integrity of the conduit must be preserved to protect the conductors inside them. When it gets very cold, the PVC Conduit shrinks and if it shrinks too much, the PVC conduit can pull itself out of a box thus leaving the conductors exposed to the elements and in some cases, the conductors themselves can end up holding up the conduit sections since the PVC conduit is separated and not connected anymore, again that is a great question, thanks

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Hi Joe, generally speaking, if equipment that requires servicing like that outdoor air-conditioning unit, we must provide for a receptacle outlet that is not further than 25 feet away from that equipment. You mentioned Device Types in your question and a device would be that receptacle. If installed outdoors, the receptacle device would have the be GFCI Protected as well as Tamper Resistant and have an Extra Duty Hood Cover such as an In Use Cover. The important thing is that we want to keep the service technicians safe and to mot make them run extension cords from indoor receptacles that might not have GFCI Protection. Also, make sure you are getting my Free NEC Code Questions and Answers on my website, ElectricalTime.com from the free email subscription. Thanks & God Bless, Steve

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Hi, that is a great question. I will look into that. Make sure you are subscribed to my free NEC code questions and answers on my website, ElectricalTime.com and in the near future, I will post something about that in the email. Thanks, Steve

Hi Demetrio, going a few inches deeper in the trench would be better and safer for the purpose of Minimum Depth. Remember, the NEC gives us the Minimum Code Requirements and having some extra depth for the buried conductors and conductors is a good thing in my personal opinion, thanks, Steve, ElectricalTime.com

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Hi Jose, thanks for watching this video, Steve

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Hi Julio, thanks for the question. I would suggest got to the Leviton website for that nformation. Here is their website for on the residential sire. leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers

Hi, glad this video was helpful.

It stands for the Independent Alliance of the Electrical Industry. We were formally known as the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

Thanks for nice comment, just remember that boxes usually come in standard depth sizes and if the box is not deep enough, you might want to consider putting an extension box on it if possible to have sufficient depth.

It's even funnier when I see another electrician in a store doing the same thing.

Just having fun. My wife complains to me all the time that I stop and look at electrical work by others while we are out in the stores so I thought it would be funny to do a video about it.

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Hi, Unfortunately many people including some electricians don't even turn off the circuit breaker when doing work on a branch circuit or feeder and yet some of them don't even bother testing the circuit to verify the absence of voltage. I will put the LIVE-DEAD-LIVE Method this on the list of for a future video to create on that topic. Thanks for watching my videos and for your well thought out comment, Steve

Unfortunately many look at it as a waste of time until the one second changed their life. We can only be trained them the correct way. Safety does cost money but outways getting hurt. When I was a child my mother said the stove was hot, touching I learned to heed the warning of others. So when I was told electricity could shock me I didn't run right over and grab a busbar to see if it was true. And many other hazards I work with or around my 50 year career.

Thanks for your great words of wisdom and experience.

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Hi James, you are absolutely correct. Thanks for you comment.

Hi Robert, thanks for your comment. The rules for GFCI protection keeps on changing with each NEC edition with the goal to make it safer for people. In the 2023 NEC, 210.8(A)(6) GFCI Protection in Dwelling Units requires that all 125 Volt through 250 volt receptacles that are installed in KITCHENS, that are supplied by Single Phase Branch Circuits rated 150 Volts to Ground or Less shall have GFCI Protection, therefore under the 2023 NEC, all receptacles that are in a Dwelling Unit Kitchen fall into the voltage and phase parameters would have to the GFCI Protected, regardless if they serve the countertop or not. In the 2020 NEC, 210.8(A)(6) said that GFCI protection in Dwelling Units of a Kitchen was required where the receptacles installed to serve the countertop surfaces and I believe that your comment was referring to the requirements in the 2020 NEC and therefore you would be correct. Also in the 2023 NEC, 210.8(D) "Specific Appliances" requires GFCI for the BRANCH CIRCUIT or the OUTLETS that supply power to the following appliances rated 150 Volts to Ground or Less and 60 Amps or Less, Single or 3 Phase: (1) Automotive Vacuum Machines (2) Drinking Water Coolers & Bottles Fill Stations (3) High Pressure Spray Washing Machines (4) Tire Inflation Machines (5) Vending Machines (6) Sump Pumps (7) DISHWASHERS (8) ELECTRIC RANGES (9) WALL MOUNTED OVENS (10) COUNTER MOUNTED COOKING UNITS (11) Clothes Dryers (12) MICROWAVE OVENS Therefore these Specific Appliances, regardless of the location where they are installed, will require GFCI protection even if they are hard-wired or cord and plug connected. So in your original comment, the kitchen lights in the ceiling would not require GFCI protection in the current 2023 NEC Again thanks for you comment and thanks for watching my videos. All the best, Steve

Thanks for the kind comment. All the best, Steve

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Hi David, thanks for your kind comment. Steve

Correct, 210.11(C)(1) Requires a Minimum of 2 Small Appliance Branch Circuits for a kitchen in a Dwelling Unit, each at 20 Amps

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Thanks Jeff, all the best, Steve

Hi Jeff, look forward to doing the demonstration videos for the other Fluke products, thanks

Hi Trainman, thanks for the nice comment and for you question. If there is no NEC code reason for you to add an expansion fitting in the middle of the 30 foot run of conduit which I am guessing will be PVC Conduit, you might get a weird look from the Electrical Inspector. The 2023 NEC 352.44(A) says that if the PVC Conduit is expected to change it's length of a 1/4 inch or more in a STRAIGHT RUN between securely mounted items such as boxes, cabinets, elbows or other conduit terminations. If your installation is in a STRIAGHT RUN between securely mounted enclosures such as your Main Breaker Panel and the Sub-Panel and if the expected change in length of the PVC Conduit is going to be 1/4 inch or more, then yes, it would be required to install that expansion fitting. If you take a look at Table 352.44(A), it says that a temperature change of 25 Degrees F will cause a 100 foot section of PVC to change 1.22 inches in length. Again if your PVC is a STRIAGHT RUN between securely mounted enclosures such as your Main Breaker Panel and the Sub-Panel and if the expected temperature change is going to be 25 Degrees F, then it would be expected for this 30 foot section of STRAIGHT PVC to change it's length by 0.366 inches which is 30% of the 1.22 inches of change as per Table 352.44(A) (30 Feet / 100 Feet x 1.22 Inches = 0.366 inches) which is bigger than 0.25 inches which is 1/4 inch. The key concept here is that if the PVC is in a STRIAGHT RUN, we want to give the PVC some room to expand and contract so that it does not damage the enclosures when it expands and or pull itself out of a glued fitting when it contracts. As far as I know, adding an expansion fitting where none is required by the NEC is ok, however be ready for the Electrical Inspector to give you a strange look. Thanks, Steve

@@ElectricalTime Hello Steve. Thank you very much for your response to my question. I truly appreciate the time and effort you put into it. Based on your answer I probably will NOT use the expansion coupling since the change in size would be minimal and the change in temperature will not be as much as I thought it would be (probably plus or minus 10 degrees). Besides that the coupling is over $20! Thank you again and I look forward to watching and learning from your future videos. Regards.

Thanks, appreciate the kind comment.

Thanks Jeff for your kind comment, Steve

When I first heard someone talk about an advanced electrical topic, I too barely understood what they were talking about so I know exactly what you are talking about. On my website, ElectricalTime.com, there is a link called Mike Holt Books. I recommend that you buy the 2023 Electrical Theory Book, it will help you to understand some of the science of which all our electrical is based on. Thanks, Steve

Hi, it sounds like someone installed a receptacle outlet in the back of the cabinet and since this is a bathroom, that receptacle must be GFCI protected as per 210.8(B)(1) "Other Than Dwelling Units - Bathrooms". If that was a GFCI Receptacle Device, then the GFCI Receptacle Device must be Readily Accessible and being covered up by the draw would be a violation as per the definition of Readily. Thanks for you question and kind comment on my video. Steve

Hi, I don't believe that Mike Holt has this book in PDF. I like the old fashioned book because I can jot down some notes in it on those code changes which helps me to understand and remember those changes. Thanks, Steve

Hi Eightball, I know it's confusing and it can be frustrating to keep up on all the changes to our NEC and it's a tremendous amount of work for me to be able to teach it. When your state changes to either the 2020 or 2023 NEC, I suggest that you get the Mike Holt book on the changes for that code cycle. Thanks, Steve

Hi Nate, thanks for your kind words.

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Hi Louis, thanks for your words of encouragement.