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McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code 2014 grounding & earthing handbook /

McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook fully addresses the above-grade grounding and below-grade earthing issues related to Article 250 of the 2014 National Electrical Code. This practical guide features in-depth discussions of each of the Code's requir...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stockin, David R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: National Fire Protection Association
Otros Autores: Juarez, Gilbert (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Summary of grounding and earthing requirements in the 2014 national electrical code
  • Introduction
  • Legal
  • Overview
  • System bonding (neutral-to-ground bonding)
  • Equipment-grounding conductor
  • Bonding
  • Grounding electrode conductor
  • Grounding electrode
  • Conclusion
  • 2. Grounding/earthing systems
  • Introduction
  • Zone (or sphere) of influence
  • Grounding electrodes
  • System design and planning
  • Soil resistivity testing
  • Testing of existing grounding systems
  • Ground potential rise
  • The effects of lightning on a grounding system
  • Summation of lightning effects on grounding systems
  • Standards for lightning protection systems
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Economic and legal analysis
  • Economic considerations
  • Legal considerations
  • 4. Nec 250 part i: general
  • 250.1. Scope
  • 250.2. Definitions
  • 250.3. Application of other articles
  • 250.4. General requirements for grounding and bonding
  • 250.6. Objectionable current
  • 250.8. Connection of grounding and bonding equipment
  • 250.10. Protection of ground clamps and fittings
  • 250.12. Clean surfaces
  • 5. Nec 250 part ii: system grounding
  • 250.20. Alternating-current systems to be grounded
  • 250.21. Alternating-current systems of 50 volts to 1000 volts not required to be grounded
  • 250.22. Circuits not to be grounded
  • 250.24. Grounding service?supplied alternating-current systems
  • 250.26. Conductor to be grounded?alternating-current systems
  • 250.28. Main bonding jumper and system bonding jumper
  • 250.30. Grounding separately derived alternating-current systems
  • 250.32. Buildings or structures supplied by a feeder(s) or branch circuit(s)
  • 250.34. Portable and vehicle-mounted generators
  • 250.35. Permanently installed generators
  • 250.36. High-impedance grounded neutral systems
  • 6. Nec 250 part iii: grounding electrode system and grounding electrode conductor
  • 250.50. Grounding electrode system
  • 250.52. Grounding electrodes
  • 250.53. Grounding electrode system installation
  • 250.54. Auxiliary grounding electrodes
  • 250.58. Common grounding electrode
  • 250.60. Use of strike-termination devices
  • 250.64. Grounding electrode conductor installation
  • 250.66. Size of alternating-current grounding electrode conductor
  • 250.68. Grounding electrode conductor and bonding jumper connection to grounding electrodes
  • 250.70. Methods of grounding and bonding conductor connections to electrodes.
  • 7. Nec 250 part iv: enclosure, raceway, and service cable connections
  • 250.80. Service raceways and enclosures
  • 250.84. Underground service cable or raceway
  • 250.86. Other conductor enclosures and raceways
  • 8. Nec 250 part v: bonding
  • 250.90. General
  • 250.92. Services
  • 250.94. Bonding for other systems
  • 250.96. Bonding other enclosures
  • 250.97. Bonding for over 250 volts
  • 250.98. Bonding loosely jointed metal raceways
  • 250.100. Bonding in hazardous (classified) locations
  • 250.102. Bonding conductors and jumpers
  • 250.104. Bonding of piping systems and exposed structural steel
  • 250.106. Lightning protection systems
  • 9. Nec 250 part vi: equipment grounding and equipment-grounding conductors
  • 250.110. Equipment fastened in place (fixed) or connected by permanent wiring methods
  • 250.112. Specific equipment fastened in place (fixed) or connected by permanent wiring methods
  • 250.114. Equipment connected by cord and plug
  • 250.116. Nonelectrical equipment
  • 250.118. Types of equipment-grounding conductors
  • 250.119. Identification of equipment-grounding conductors
  • 250.120. Equipment-grounding conductor installation
  • 250.121. Use of equipment-grounding conductors
  • 250.122. Size of equipment-grounding conductors
  • 250.124. Equipment-grounding conductor continuity
  • 250.126. Identification of wiring device terminals
  • 10. Nec 250 part vii: methods of equipment grounding
  • 250.130. Equipment-grounding conductor connections
  • 250.132. Short sections of raceway
  • 250.134. Equipment fastened in place or connected by permanent wiring methods (fixed)?grounding
  • 250.136. Equipment considered grounded
  • 250.138. Cord and plug?connected equipment
  • 250.140. Frames of ranges and clothes dryers
  • 250.142. Use of grounded circuit conductor for grounding equipment
  • 250.144. Multiple circuit connections
  • 250.146. Connecting receptacle-grounding terminal to box
  • 250.148. Continuity and attachment of equipment-grounding conductors to boxes
  • 11. Nec 250 part viii: direct current systems
  • 250.160. General
  • 250.162. Direct current circuits and systems to be grounded
  • 250.164. Point of connection for direct current systems
  • 250.166. Size of direct current grounding electrode conductor
  • 250.167. Direct current ground-fault detection
  • 250.168. Direct current system bonding jumper
  • 250.169. Ungrounded direct current separately derived systems.
  • 12. Nec 250 part ix: instruments, meters, and relays
  • 250.170. Instrument transformer circuits
  • 250.172. Instrument transformer cases
  • 250.174. Cases of instruments, meters, and relays operating at less than 1000 volts
  • 250.176. Cases of instruments, meters, and relays?operating voltage 1000 volts and over
  • 250.178. Instrument equipment-grounding conductor
  • 13. Nec 250 part x: grounding of systems and circuits of over 1 kilovolt
  • 250.180. General
  • 250.182. Derived neutral systems
  • 250.184. Solidly grounded neutral systems
  • 250.186. Ground-fault circuit conductor brought to service equipment
  • 250.187. Impedance-grounded neutral systems
  • 250.188. Grounding of systems supplying portable or mobile equipment
  • 250.190. Grounding of equipment
  • 250.191. Grounding systems at alternating current substations
  • 250.194. Grounding and bonding of fences and other metal structures
  • 14. Nec article 680: swimming pools, fountains, and similar installations
  • 680.6. Grounding
  • 680.21. Motors
  • 680.23. Underwater luminaires
  • 680.25. Feeders
  • 680.26. Equipotential bonding
  • 15. Changes to the 2014 national electrical code
  • Part i
  • Part ii
  • Part iii
  • Part v
  • Part vi
  • Part vii
  • Part viii
  • Part ix
  • Part x
  • 16. Canadian electrical code
  • Section 10?grounding and bonding
  • 17. Bonding jumpers
  • Jumper definitions
  • 18. Grounding questions and answers
  • Bonding questions and answers
  • Electrical grounding
  • Electrical standards
  • Electrical wiring
  • Ground potential rise
  • Grounding electrodes
  • Grounding test methods
  • Lightning and thunderstorms
  • A. Appendix a: key articles of the national electrical code
  • Required to be bonded to the electrical (common) ground system
  • Other important codes
  • B. Appendix b: grounding tables
  • C. References ? Index.