Cracking the Code: A Practical Guide to the NEC

Cracking the Code is an approachable, effective text that teaches students the structure and organization of the National Electrical Code® (NEC), based on the 2023 NEC. Because the NEC is a constantly evolving standard and far too vast to memorize, author Rob Zachariason took a unique approach to develop a book that focuses on teaching students how to navigate the structure of the NEC, rather than replicating the information found in the Code. The book is divided into two parts: the first half focuses on teaching students where information is located and how to use the NEC, while the second half focuses on specific Code-related design and calculation applications. Pro Tips provide real-world examples of the chapter content and help to tie in other Code requirements. Examples show relevant, Code-based applications and calculations being solved with step-by-step explanations.

• Uses a build-block approach in the end-of-unit sections, beginning with simple multiple-choice questions on NEC structure, to finding information in a certain NEC chapter, to finding information in all of the chapters learned up to that point
• Provides Navigation Tables that show all of the sections contained in important articles, providing students a great level of detail
• Features Keywords at the end of each unit dedicated to an NEC chapter, listing important keywords that are required to know when navigating the NEC

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