Well, I just finished the CEU course. Got 75/75 right — my first “perfect” score. Fees paid and application being processed.
Costs: $52 for the license; $69 for the CEU; $265 for the NEC Handbook; $70 for the “changes” book. Total: $456. I used to dream of making that much in a week.
Books should arrive next week. Until then, I’m digging out my pictures and perusing the CEU test questions. (This time I was smart enough to print the CEU materials).
If nothing else, the code cycle stimulates interest in code details. Overall? Most of the changes tend to fall into three categories:
— New rules making “code” what I’ve been doing for decades;
— New rules ridiculous in their micro-management of minutia; and,
— New rules clearly pushed by a specific vendor or party for their convenience.
Kind of makes me wonder how we’ve managed over a century of living with electricity without some self-appointed gurus deciding for us which way the ground prong should point.
Countering this, pushing back, there seems to be a more vocal element putting up videos on how to do electrical work without risk to your remaining totally ignorant. Suicide plugs? Of course. Pull wires as you assemble the pipe? You betcha. Weld the pipe? Sure easier than mounting all those little straps or buying those expensive fittings.
Well, I digress. Hurdle overcome. I expect my next post will open the discussion to one of the changes.
Why don’t we start with 90.5(C): Explanatory Material?
See you tomorrow
