Not an EE, may I join
Not an EE, may I join
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Greetings all. I am not an engineer. I am an electrical inspector and seminar instructor on the NEC. I have also provided technical editing on many books on the NEC. I notice that this forum seems rather exclusives to engineers, so I thought I may ask...am I welcome here?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!






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Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com
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Greetings.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
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You may also want to visit Mike Holt's forum at http://forums.mikeholt.com/index.php which has more discussions of NEC related problems.
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Just kep in mind that a large percentage of this group does not reside in the US so the NEC wont always apply.
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They haven't kicked me out...yet, so you should be fine.
Don
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One thing not desired around these forums would be for us being used as a kind of on-call reference book for run-of-the-mill questions like "What size conduit do I need to run four bla-bla-bla, etc.".
That will get you ejected rather quickly. There will be some sensitivity in your case as this happens occasionally with contractors. If you contribute in a meaningful way then you will be cut some slack.
The way it works is if a question is found to be something most contractors should know the answer to then members check the poster's history. If it is very short or is mostly just questions,(just leaching you you please), then you'd get flagged. If you're a contributor then you'll get a pass and the help you desire.
At this point we welcome you!
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
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If you provide good and useful answers to engineering questions your are more than welcome. If you ask a bunch of questions that suggest you don't now basic engineering you will find yourself unwelcome. The more of the former the more likely a few of the latter will be allowed to slide through. All self policed by the members through the use of the Red Flag feature; all with the intent of maintaining a very high signal to noise ratio.
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Ryan and Tsull, that are many other discussion groups within eng-tip. There is an IBC/ICC group with very little discussion and an NFPA group that mostly discusses NFPA 13 sprinkler issues.
Welcome - the more diverse everyone's experiences are, the more we all learn.
Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com
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JGhrist: I moderate the forum that you linked to.
Don: Always a pleaseure "seeing" you. :)
alehman: We haven't adopted the 2008 yet (but we will in January). Article 708 really has people up in arms, mainly due to not knowing exactly which structures to apply it to.
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The impedence of the reversion to an older code was the adoption of the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code. When Ohio adopted the 2007 Ohio Building Code on 7/1/07, the energy code was postponed until 1/1/08 for dwellings, based on comments from the homebuilders not being ready. When December rolled around, not only were they crying about the energy code, but the electical code as well.
Anyway, that is the history.
Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com