McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook
by: David R. Stockin
Abstract: The most complete guide to the grounding and earthing requirements of the 2014 National Electrical Code®. 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 requirements, section by section, along with clear explanations and real-world examples.
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Table of Contents
- A. Advance Praise for McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook
- B. About the Author
- C. Acknowledgments
- D. Introduction
- 1. SUMMARY OF GROUNDING AND EARTHING REQUIREMENTS IN THE 2014 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- 2. GROUNDING/EARTHING SYSTEMS
- 3. ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ANALYSIS
- 4. NEC 250 PART I: GENERAL
- 5. NEC 250 PART II: SYSTEM GROUNDING
- 6. NEC 250 PART III: GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM AND GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR
- 7. NEC 250 PART IV: ENCLOSURE, RACEWAY, AND SERVICE CABLE CONNECTIONS
- 8. NEC 250 PART V: BONDING
- 9. NEC 250 PART VI: EQUIPMENT GROUNDING AND EQUIPMENT-GROUNDING CONDUCTORS
- 10. NEC 250 PART VII: METHODS OF EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
- 11. NEC 250 PART VIII: DIRECT CURRENT SYSTEMS
- 12. NEC 250 PART IX: INSTRUMENTS, METERS, AND RELAYS
- 13. NEC 250 PART X: GROUNDING OF SYSTEMS AND CIRCUITS OF OVER 1 KILOVOLT
- 14. NEC ARTICLE 680: SWIMMING POOLS, FOUNTAINS, AND SIMILAR INSTALLATIONS
- 15. CHANGES TO THE 2014 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- 16. CANADIAN ELECTRICAL CODE
- 17. BONDING JUMPERS
- 18. GROUNDING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- A. Appendix A: KEY ARTICLES OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- B. Appendix B: GROUNDING TABLES
- C. REFERENCES
Expanded Table of Contents
- A. Advance Praise for McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook
- B. About the Author
- C. Acknowledgments
- D. Introduction
- 1. SUMMARY OF GROUNDING AND EARTHING REQUIREMENTS IN THE 2014 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- 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
- 4. NEC 250 PART I: GENERAL
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 15. CHANGES TO THE 2014 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- 16. CANADIAN ELECTRICAL CODE
- 17. BONDING JUMPERS
- 18. GROUNDING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- A. Appendix A: KEY ARTICLES OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- B. Appendix B: GROUNDING TABLES
- C. REFERENCES
Book Details
Title: McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Athens, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2014 McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780071800655
Authors:
David R. Stockin
is Manager of Engineering at E&S Grounding Solutions. A full-time grounding engineer for more than 12 years, he has been the lead electrical grounding/earthing engineer for all of the massive Google Data Centers located from the Americas to Asia and Europe. Mr. Stockin was the lead grounding engineer for both the U.S. Navy's Data Center upgrades and the U.S. Coast Guard's Alaska Radio Towers upgrades. He has authored numerous publications on electrical grounding and earthing.
Description: The most complete guide to the grounding and earthing requirements of the 2014 National Electrical Code®. 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 requirements, section by section, along with clear explanations and real-world examples.
