Eh what blood got AFCIs in there? Green blood from Siemens and Eaton as far as I can tell
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scallred@lemmy.ca 2 days agoIf you are curious, the national electric code is freely available on the website, albeit in a slow and page by page online viewer. Equipment manufacturers will also often give installation manuals that can be reviewed and combined with the NEC for a decent understanding.
Ugly’s and other companies do pretty affordable handbooks or small books that summarize electrical info/calculations, or wiring methods from the code.
But overall, national code standards are written in blood, and the NEC is made through the NFPA, National Fire Protection Agency. Their intentions are to prevent fires, and that guiding principle leads to code changes.
anachronist@midwest.social 2 days ago
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
You have to be careful about that too, the code isn’t written to be easily understood by casual reading.
For example, the code will describe your hot, neutral, and ground wires as “ungrounded, grounded, and grounding” wires. The whole thing is written that way, and applying rules meant for a “grounding” wire to a “grounded” wire can have serious issues.