I've had my e-mail address in my profile since I signed up, as well as my location. Don't have much of a web page (just some low voltage bicycle lighting projects) so I didn't link that. As far as my occupation, there is not enough room for a proper description.
But it looks like this thread has become a 'who are we' discussion.
I am neither an electrician or an electrical contractor. My job is research on high performance AC induction motors, and I get to deal with the entire range of the research projects, from designing the motors, designing the logic level controls for the inverters, cobbling together the necessary feed circuitry, specifying test equipment, etc. I am here for many reasons.
I like the theory discussions. I am very curious about the _whys_ behind the code.
I want to protect myself from the trap of 'I know the theory, so I'll just do what I think is right.'
I want to learn what you guys have to deal with because hopefully down the road you guys will be installing systems that my company builds.
I like teaching the science behind electrical topics; I think that I have as much to teach about the theory and I have to learn about the practise
I like the puzzles that come up. (Alas, trying to come up with better wording 310.15(B)(4) will need to wait until the next code cycle...the best I can come up with is to stop thinking of the _neutral_ as special and instead focus on the _set_ of conductors where current on one means less current on another...but that is for another thread...)
I am a proponent of educated consumers and educated DIY (since I have no formal training or apprenticeship or licence for electrical work), and I would love to see the development of mechanisms where all electrical wiring is done properly and inspected, including DIY work. I'm saying this simply to describe where I am coming from; I don't want to steer this thread onto that topic, because I'm sure it will be a noisy one. Feel free to e-mail me or start a new thread.
-Jon