Encyclopedia > National Electric Code

Article Content

National Electric Code

In telecommunication, a National Electric Code (NEC) is a standard that governs the use of electrical wire, cable, and fixtures, and electrical and optical communications cable installed in buildings.

Note: The NEC was developed by the NEC Committee of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), was sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and is identified by the description ANSI/NFPA 70-XXXX, the last four digits representing the year of the NEC revision.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Marion, New York

... Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.72% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 2.91% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 329 ...