📕 Code Corner
NEC updates by cycle, state adoption news, and plain-language breakdowns of code changes that affect your work.
Working Space Clearances (110.26): The Rule Inspectors Never Skip
Three feet deep, thirty inches wide, six-foot-six headroom, and nothing stored in it — the working-space rule exists because people die working live equipment in cramped corners. Here's the geometry, the conditions, and the classic fails.
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Kitchen Receptacle Rules: The Complete Field Rundown
Kitchens carry more receptacle code per square foot than anywhere in a dwelling — two small-appliance circuits, the 2-and-4 foot spacing, GFCI everything, and the island question. Here's the whole picture in field terms.
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NEC 2023: The Residential Changes That Actually Affect Your Work
Every cycle moves the goalposts. Here are the 2023 changes a residential electrician actually meets — GFCI expansion, kitchen receptacle rules, outdoor emergency disconnects, surge protection, and the EV provisions — in field terms.
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