This course covers important changes to Chapters 7, 8, and the Annexes of the 2023 National Electrical Code and is approved for Minnesota electricians.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of the course, licensees will be able to:
- Identify updates, additions, and changes to Chapter 7 of the 2023 National Electrical Code.
- Outline new and changed requirements for emergency systems in Chapter 7 of the 2023 NEC.
- Define the changes in scope for Article 701: Legally Required Standby Systems.
- Identify changed requirements concerning signage and portable generators for optional standby systems found in Chapter 7 of the 2023 NEC.
- Describe new wiring requirements for Class 4 fault-managed power systems.
- Summarize the requirements for Class 1 power-limited circuits and Class 1 power-limited remote-control and signaling circuits covered in Article 724.
- Summarize the requirements for Class 2 and Class 3 power-limited circuits covered in Article 725.
- Outline revisions made to the listing requirements for energy management systems found in Chapter 7 of the 2023 NEC.
- Identify changed requirements for installation of circuits and supply-side overvoltage protection in fire alarm systems.
- Identify updates, additions, and changes to Chapter 8, Chapter 9, and the Annexes of the 2023 National Electrical Code.
- Describe changes in how Chapters 1 through 7 apply to Chapter 8 of the 2023 NEC.
- List changes to requirements for bonding conductors and grounding electrode conductors in buildings with and without grounding means.
- Identify new requirements for grounding or bonding of antenna systems.
- Outline new and changed requirements for network-powered broadband communication systems found in Chapter 8 of the 2023 NEC.
- Outline new and changed requirements for conduits Annex C of the 2023 NEC.
IACET CEUs
This course gives you the opportunity to earn IACET CEUs through our parent company Certus. As an IACET Accredited Provider, Certus offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. To earn IACET CEUs, you must:
- Complete all lessons in the course,
- Correctly answer every quiz question posed through the course,
- Pass the final exam, and
- Complete the course evaluation.
Assessment Information: This online course presents each section with commentary, a graphic illustration or photograph, and requires the learner to answer multiple choice questions after reviewing the content. The learner must complete all multiple-choice questions for each section correctly to get IACET CEUs, a certificate of completion, or state license renewal credit for the course. If the learner's first response is incorrect, learners will be immediately allowed to answer the question again until the correct answer is chosen. Question choices are randomized, so each participant will have a unique testing experience
Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites.
Course Demonstration Video
Course ID(s): 20230217
Approved By: Department of Labor And Industry - Construction Codes and Licensing Division
- 2023 NEC Changes Chapters 7-Annexes
- Chapter 7 [14 Activities]
- 01. 700.11 Wiring, Class-2 Powered Emergency Lighting Systems.
- 02. 700.12(C) Supply Duration.
- 03. 700.12(E) Stored-Energy Power Supply Systems (SEPSS).
- 04. 701.1. Legally Required Standby Systems. Scope.
- 05. 701.12(C)(3) Public Gas System, Municipal Water Supply.
- 06. 702.7(A) Signs. Standby.
- 07. 702.12(B). Portable Generators 15kW or Less.
- 08. 705.10. Identification of Power Sources.
- View Additional Activities
- 09. Article 724 Class 1 Power-Limited Circuits and Class 1 Power-Limited Remote-Control and Signaling Circuits.
- 10. Article 725, Class 2 and Class 3 Power-Limited Circuits.
- 11. Article 726 Class 4 Fault-Managed Power Systems
- 12. 750.6. Listing
- 13. 760.24(A) Mechanical Execution of Work.
- 14. 760.33 Supply-Side Overvoltage Protection.
- Chapter 8 [10 Activities]
- 01. 800.3 Other Articles.
- 02. 800.100(B)(2) Electrode. In Buildings or Structures with Grounding Means.
- 03. 800.100(B)(3) Electrode. In Buildings or Structures Without an Intersystem Bonding Termination or Grounding Means.
- 04. 800.113 Installation of Cables Used for Communication Circuits, Communications Wires, Cable Routing Assemblies, and Communications Raceways.
- 05. 800.179 Wires and Cables.
- 06. 810.15 Grounding or Bonding.
- 07. 830.40(B). Low-Power Circuits.
- 08. 830.47 Underground Network-Powered Broadband Communications Cables Entering Buildings.
- 09. 830.133(C) Splicing of Medium-Powered Network-Powered Communications Cables.
- 10. 830.160 Bends.
- Chapter 9 and Annexes [1 Activities]
- 01. Annex C, Table C.1 Conduit, Tubing, and Cable Tray Fill Tables for Conductors and Fixture Wires of the Same Size.
- Final Exam (8 questions)
- Chapter 7 [14 Activities]
- Course Completion
- Mandatory Questionnaire
- Certificate of Completion
- IACET Certificate of Completion
- Expedited Reporting Available

