NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION 70-0 NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILD ING CODE NEC 2005 NORTH CAROLINA ELEC TRI CAL CODE 2005 EDI TION North Carolina Build ing Code Coun cil and North Carolina De part ment of In sur ance Post Of fice Box 26387 Ra leigh, North Carolina 27611 PLACE AFTER COVER IN FRONT OF PAGE 70-1 70-0.1
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NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION 70-0 NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILD ING CODE COUN CIL Jan u ary 1, 2005 Tom Avery, PE 09 (Struc tural En gi neer) Structural Systems Inc. PO Box 1563 Wilmington, NC 28402 910-763-7311 Al Bass, Jr., PE 09 (Mechanical Engineer) Bass, Nixon and Ken nedy 6425 Chap man Court Ra leigh, NC 27612 919-782-4689 Lon Culbertson, PE 07 (Electrical Engineer) InfraTrek Con sul tants, PC 417 North Boylan Av e nue Ra leigh, NC 27603 919-465-7225 Terry Greene 07 (Gas In dus try) Piedmont Nat u ral Gas Co. PO Box 29527 Greens boro, NC 27429 336-378-1831 Mar shall Knight, Jr. 04 (Coastal Contractor) Builder 751 Body Road Hertford, NC 27944 252-264-3201 CHAIR Dan Tingen 05 (Home Builder) Tingen Con struc tion Co. 8411 Garvey Drive, #101 Ra leigh, NC 27616 919-875-2161 Brad Lail 05 (Public Representative) Hick ory Fur ni ture 548 North Cen ter Street Hick ory, NC 28601 828-322-3510 Barry Maness 07 (Mechanical Contractor) Tarheel Contracting Co. PO Box 2636 Asheboro, NC 27204 336-626-0826 Dan Murray, PE 05 (State Agency) State Construction 301 North Wilmington St. Ra leigh, NC 27601 919-807-4135 Jack Neel, PE 04 (Municipal Representative) City of Albemarle 1007 Co lo nial Drive Albemarle, NC 28001 704-982-8434 Mack Nixon 09 (County Representative) Albemarle Home Build ers 199 Mill Street Eliz a beth City, NC 27909 252-338-5211 VICE CHAIR John Hitch, AIA 10 (Ar chi tect) The Smith Sinnett Assoc. 4601 Lake Boone Trail Ra leigh, NC 27607 919-781-8582 Alan Perdue 09 (Fire Ser vices) Guilford County 1002 Meadowood Street Greens boro, NC 27409 336-641-7565 Tim Reynolds 07 (Electrical Contractor) GT Reynolds Con struc tion PO Box 550323 Gastonia, NC 28054 704-865-6262 Bob Ruffner, Jr. 09 (General Contractor) Clancy and Theys Constr. PO Box 4189 Wilmington, NC 28406 910-392-5220 Butch Simmons 09 (Build ing In spec tor) City of Greens boro PO Box 3136 Greens boro, NC 27402 336-373-2329 Tom Turner, FAIA 10 (Ar chi tect) ADEP, PA 3225 Wickersham Road Char lotte, NC 28211 704-770-0475 70-0.3
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE By Stat ute, the Com mis sioner of In sur ance has gen eral su per vi sion of the ad min is tra tion and en force ment of the North Carolina State Build ing Code and the En gi neer ing Di vi sion serves as the Staff for the Build ing Code Coun cil. Of fi cials of the De part ment of Insurance are: TIM BRADLEY Se nior Dep uty Com mis sioner BARRY GUPTON, PE Chief Code Con sul tant Sec re tary, Build ing Code Coun cil JIM LONG Commissioner WANDA ED WARDS, PE Deputy Commissioner RON CHILTON Chief Elec tri cal En gi neer Chief Elec tri cal In spec tor COM MIT TEES OF THE COUN CIL January 1, 2005 AD MIN IS TRA TION Dan Tingen Chair Tom Avery, PE Al Bass, PE Lon Culbertson, PE John Hitch, AIA Mar shall Knight, Jr. Brad Lail Alan Perdue Butch Simmons Tom Turner, FAIA BUILD ING Butch Simmons Chair John Hitch, AIA Brad Lail Dan Murray, PE Alan Perdue Bob Ruffner, Jr. Tom Turner, FAIA ELECTRICAL Lon Culbertson, PE - Chair Al Bass, PE Barry Maness Tim Reynolds ENERGY Tom Turner, FAIA - Chair Al Bass, PE Lon Culbertson, PE Barry Maness Mack Nixon Tim Reynolds FIRE PRE VEN TION Alan Perdue Chair Terry Greene Brad Lail Jack Neel, PE Mack Nixon ME CHAN I CAL Al Bass, PE - Chair Lon Culbertson, PE Terry Greene Mar shall Knight, Jr. Barry Maness Tim Reynolds RES I DEN TIAL Mar shall Knight, Jr. - Chair Tom Avery, PE Dan Murray, PE Jack Neel, PE Mack Nixon Tim Reynolds Butch Simmons Tom Turner, FAIA STRUC TURAL Tom Avery, PE - Chair John Hitch, AIA Dan Murray, PE Bob Ruffner, Jr. 70-0.4
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION Ar ti cle 10 - AD MIN IS TRA TIVE SEC TION 10.1 TI TLE These Ad min is tra tive Reg u la tions along with the re quire - ments in cluded in the 2005 Edi tion of the Na tional Elec tri cal Code (NFiPA-70-2005) as ap proved by the North Carolina Build ing Code Coun cil on De cem ber 14, 2004, to be ef fec tive March 1, 2005, with the fol low ing amend ments: (1) 210.8(a)(3) (Ex cep tion No. 2) (2) 250.50 shall be known as the North Carolina Elec tri cal Code, and may be cited as such or as the State Elec tri cal Code; and will be re - ferred to herein as the code or this code. 10.2 SCOPE Ar ti cle 80 Ad min is tra tion and En force ment of the code is hereby not adopted and does not ap ply for this code. For Scope and Ex cep tions to Ap pli ca bil ity of Tech ni cal Codes, re fer to the North Carolina Ad min is tra tion and En force ment Code. 10.7 TEM PO RARY POWER For the re quire ments for tem po rary power, re fer to the North Carolina Ad min is tra tion and En force ment Re quire ments Code. 10.8 RE QUIRE MENTS OF OTHER STATE AGEN CIES, OC CU PA TIONAL LI CENS ING BOARDS, OR COM - MIS SIONS The North Carolina State Build ing Codes do not in clude all ad di tional re quire ments for build ings and struc tures that may be im posed by other State agen cies, oc cu pa tional li cens ing boards, and com mis sions. It shall be the re spon si bil ity of a per mit holder, de sign pro fes sional, con trac tor, or oc cu pa - tional li cense holder to de ter mine whether any ad di tional re - quirements exist. 10.3 PUR POSE The pur pose of the code is to pro vide cer tain min i mum stan - dards, pro vi sions and re quire ments of safe and sta ble de sign, meth ods of con struc tion and uses of ma te ri als in build ings and/or struc tures here af ter erected, con structed, en larged, al - tered, re paired, moved, con verted to other uses of de mol ished and to reg u late the elec tri cal sys tems, equip ment, main te - nance, use and oc cu pancy of all build ings and/or struc tures. All reg u la tions con tained in this code shall have a rea son able and sub stan tial con nec tion with the pub lic health, safety, mor - als, or gen eral wel fare, and their pro vi sions shall be con strued lib er ally to those ends. 10.4 AD MIN IS TRA TION For ad min is tra tive reg u la tions per tain ing to in spec tion (rough-ins and fi nals), per mits and Cer tif i cates of Elec tri cal Com pli ance, see lo cal or di nances and the North Carolina Ad - min is tra tive and En force ment Re quire ments Code. When the pro vi sions of other codes are de ter mined to be con trary to the re quire ments of this code, this code shall pre vail. 10.5 DEF I NI TION Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, whenever the word build ing is used in this chap ter, it shall be deemed to in clude the word struc ture and all in stal la tions such as plumb ing sys tems, heat ing sys tems, cool ing sys tems, elec tri - cal sys tems, el e va tors and other in stal la tions which are parts of, or per ma nently af fixed to, the build ing or struc ture. 10.6 AP PLI CA TION OF CODE TO EX IST ING BUILD - INGS For re quire ments of ex ist ing struc tures, re fer to the North Carolina Ad min is tra tion and En force ment Re quire ments Code. 70-22.1
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NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION (3) Out doors AMEND MENT 210.8(A)(3) Exception No. 1 to (3): Re cep ta cles that are not readily ac ces - si ble and are sup plied by a ded i cated branch cir cuit for elec tric snow-melt ing or deicing equip ment shall be per mit ted to be in - stalled in ac cor dance with the ap pli ca ble pro vi sions of Ar ti cle 426. Ex cep tion No. 2 to (3): A sin gle out let re cep ta cle sup plied by ded i cated branch cir cuit which is lo cated and iden ti fied for spe cific use by a sew age lift pump. 70-48.1
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NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2005 EDITION AMEND MENT 250.50 250.50 Ground ing Elec trode Sys tem. If avail able on pre - mises at each build ing or struc ture served, each item in 250.52(A)(1) through (A)(6) shall be bonded to gether to form the ground ing elec trode sys tem. Where none of these elec - trodes are avail able, one or more of the elec trodes spec i fied in 250.52(A)(4) through (A)(7) shall be in stalled and used. 70-100.1
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