Applied Codeology:
Understanding the NEC® 2005 Edition

1st Edition
Author: NJATC

Designed as a “how to” guide on reading and interpreting the 2005 National Electrical Code®,  Applied Codeology is a working companion to the Code®, written by the experts at the NJATC. 

Apprentices, journeyman, contractors, engineers, designers, and estimators alike will benefit from this positive, systematic approach to understanding the Code®. 

Readers are encouraged to first examine a section from the Code® Book before referring to the correlating annotations in this manual.  Where questions are used to illustrate the “applied codeology” system, users are requested to locate the answer in the suggested Code® article before checking the answer in this book. 

This methodical handling of and practice using the Code® Book encourages proficiency in users, and soon they will be able to decide where the answer is located before the Code® Book is even opened.  The result is better electrical installations through a higher Code understanding, as well as optimization of the Code® Book as a first-rate tool of the trade.

Key Features:

• Guides readers in using the Code® as a tool to increased skill & proficiency in making Code-complaint installations
• Helps users apply a simple-to-use technique to quickly locate NEC Code sections
• Explains how the 2005 NEC® is used, where to find key information, and how to apply the Code® to the question at hand
• Encourages integration of the Code® with the planning of an electrical installation, making it easier for the electrician to be in compliance with the 2005 NEC®
• Aids in Code® interpretation, resulting in safer and more dependable installations

192 Pages - 8-1/2 x 11 in. Hardcover

1401879934 / 9781401879938