Existing Homes and Electrical Challenges

Join me on #IAEINEwsLIVE for a discussion on existing homes. Existing homes present many challenges for the electrical professional and in the NEC there are allocations and provisions to address some of these concerns. This session will explore this topic with a special guest.

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For many NEC® requirements, there’s typically a need (frequently overlooked) to consider implementation of new extensions, new modifications and new replacements to existing installations, as distinct from fully-new construction.

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Depending on whether the local jurisdiction adopts NEC® directly or by reference via IRC®, at least older editions, new construction may be addressed but replacements in existing installations might not be addressed at all.

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David Eli Shapiro of IAEI’s George Washington Chapter (Washington DC) has written a book: “Old Electrical Wiring” (McGraw-Hill, April 1998, Second Edition 2010, might be in its Third Edition by now).