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• Sizing RV-Park Electrical Services Using NEC Table

  The Electrical Service supplying an entire RV park must be sized to accommodate the electrical demands of multiple modern recreational vehicles drawing power simultaneously from the individual park sites.

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• 3-Wire Cords on Modern 4-Wire Appliances

  Modern clothes dryers often have a bonding strap in place that connects the metal housing of the dryer to the neutral lug of the cord attachment terminals, in case the installer is using the 3-wire cord method.

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• Motor Calculations – Part IV: Branch-Circuit Short-Circuit & Ground-Fault Overcurrent Protection

  Branch-Circuit Short-Circuit and Ground-Fault Overcurrent Protection is the final article of a four part series. The series is titled “Motor Calculations” and covers the Code and calculations for single general motor applications.

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• Feeders Part 1: What is a Feeder?

  In order to understand what a feeder is, it is best to start with what a feeder is not. The conductors between the utility service point and the service disconnecting means are service conductors, not feeder conductors. Special service conductor rules apply because these conductors do not have short-circuit or […]

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