[hangle]

NC will not adopt new code until 2017

So yeah... basically since builders have lobbiest in their pocket, legislators in the great state of NC have agreed to not adopt new code each year because builders say it makes homes too expensive. However, commercial projects will still be subjected to the most recent versions. What do electricians think, do you think the latest version of the code should be used every time it is revised?

 

[Split Bolt]

Still using 2008 NEC here in Virginia, with the 2005 AFCI regulations from what I've read.

I think that originally, the NEC was written by people interested in making electrical installations safe. Now, just like everything else in this country, it is written by lobbying firms representing manufacturers who are just trying to push their products! Sad but true!

 

[Tiger]

In Illinois each building department adopts the NEC it chooses, with or without amendments. None of them notify us of changes in NEC adoption or amendments. I routinely call inspectors for the rules-of-the-day. Even better in some departments you can get different answers from different inspectors in the same department.

 

[Ultrafault]

In Illinois each building department adopts the NEC it chooses, with or without amendments. None of them notify us of changes in NEC adoption or amendments. I routinely call inspectors for the rules-of-the-day. Even better in some departments you can get different answers from different inspectors in the same department.

Were in the same boat here in Missouri.

 

[Meadow]

Connecticut sounds like a lucky state, apparently they are still on the 2005 AFCIs. And Indiana has common sense too.

Personally it should be revised and adopted at the local level. National level implementation makes it to easy for fraud to go through. Any state doing its own amendments is also doing better.