The 1968 NEC, when the cover was red!

[jtedesco1]

How many have used this edition of the NEC?

My first Code was the 1965 NYC edition. This copy of the 1968 NEC was the first one I used while inspecting in Glendale and Pasadena, CA during 1971 through 1978

Time sure does fly!

My point is that we should remember that the wiring found in existing homes is only as it was installed according to the edition of the NEC in effect when the building permit was issued.

All of the NEC and Section references that apply now, are very nice, but let's keep the Home Inspector on the right track per the SOP -- pointing out the possible hazards associated with defective wiring, or wiring that was installed by someone who was not aware of the correct methods.

If you inspect a home and point out the items found in your NACHI SOP, that should be enough, or am I looking at this in the wrong way?

I can recall identifying NEC sections in the past where the members or others said: "we don't do code" --- so be it, here I am expressing an opinion that may be shared by others I am sure.

[Greg Fretwell]

These young wippersnappers!
I was on a field trip in Gitmo Cuba fixing 056 verifiers for IBM in 1967.

[Greg Fretwell]

I agree on the code book. I liked the 96 and older size. We are getting old and the 8.5x11 with bigger print is easier to see.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Dang...greg I did not figure you for an OLD fella....

Did you all see that...he called me a PUPPY indirectly....ok JOE.....leave it alone.....lol....I know ya want to tease me...lol

[brian winkle]

In 1967 I was 11 and delivering The Chicago Daily News, oblivious to the fact that the only wiring method allowed in my home town was pipe.

[Pierre Belarge]

Brian
You and I are the same age, you were more enterprising than I though. I was melting the old, green army soldiers back than.

[brian winkle]

I was always doing something Pierre. Shovelling snow in the winter and mowing lawns in the summer, delivering papers. If I wanted something I had to get the money myself. Guess its good I worked for it instead of stole. Guess thats also why I'm self employed today.