This course is approved as 8-hour code update credit for Suffolk County. It may be accepted in other jurisdictions within New York.

After completing this course the participant will be able to apply the changes to the 2020 National Electrical Code in common wiring practice.

Approved By: Suffolk County Department of Labor - Electrical Licensing Board

  • 2020 NEC Changes Part 2
    • Chapter 4 [9 Activities]
      • 01. 430.122(D) Conductors-Minimum Size and Ampacity. Several Motors or a Motor and Other Loads.
      • 02. 440.9 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment. ??Grounding and Bonding.
      • 03. 445.18(D) Generators. Disconnecting Means and Emergency Shutdown.
      • 04. 450.9 Transformers. Ventilation.
      • 05. 480.2 Storage Batteries. Definitions. ??Storage Battery.
      • 06. 480.7(B),(C),(F),(G) Storage Batteries. DC Disconnect Methods.
      • 07. 480.10(A) Storage Batteries. Battery Locations.
      • 08. 480.10(C) Storage Batteries. Battery Locations. Spaces About Battery Systems.
      • 09. 480.10(E) Storage Batteries. Battery Locations. Egress.
    • Chapter 5 [33 Activities]
      • 01. 500.7 (L),(M),(N),(O) Hazardous Locations. Protection Techniques.
      • 02. 500.7(O) Hazardous Locations. Protection Techniques.
      • 03. 500.8(G) Hazardous (Classified) Locations. Equipment. Equipment Involving Optical Radiation.
      • 04. 501.10(A)(2) Hazardous (Classified) Locations. Class I Locations Flexible Connections
      • 05. 502.10(A)(2) Class II Locations. Wiring Method. Class II Division 1. Flexible Connections. ??
      • 06. 502.10(B)(1) Hazardous (Classified) Locations. Class II, Divisions 2 Locations. Wiring Methods. General.
      • 07. 503.10 (A) Hazardous (Classified) Locations. Class III Locations. Wiring Methods.
      • 08. 505.9(C)(2) Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations. Equipment. Marking. Zone Equipment.
      • Additional Activities
        • 09. 506.15(A) Zone 20, 21, and 22 Locations. ??Wiring Methods. Zone 20.
        • 10. 511.3 Commercial Garages, Repair and Storage. Area Classification, General
        • 11. 511.12 Commercial Garages, Repair and Storage. GFCI Protection for Personnel.
        • 12. 513.3(D) Aircraft Hangars. Classification of Locations.
        • 13. 514.11(A) Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities. Circuit Disconnects. Emergency Electrical Disconnects.
        • 14. 517.10(B)(3) Health Care Facilities. Applicability. Not Covered.
        • 15. 517.17(D) Health Care Facilities. Ground-Fault Protection of Equipment. Testing.
        • 16. 517.21 Health Care Facility. GFCI Protection for Personnel in Category 2 (General Care) and Category 1 (Critical Care) Spaces.
        • 17. 517.26 Health Care Facilities. Essential Electrical System. Application of Other Articles.
        • 18. 517.30(B)(3) Sources of Power. Types of Power Sources. Battery Systems. ??
        • 19. 517.31(B) Requirements for the Essential Electrical System. Transfer Switches.
        • 20. 517.31(C)(1) Requirements for the Essential Electrical System. Separation from Other Circuits.
        • 21. 517.31(C)(3) Requirements for the Essential Electrical System. Mechanical Protection of the Essential Electrical System.
        • 22. 518.6 Assembly Occupancies. Illumination.
        • 23. 525.20(G) Wiring Methods for Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, Similar. Wiring Methods. Protection.
        • 24. 545.24(A),(B) Manufactured Buildings and Relocatable Structures. Disconnecting Means and Branch-Circuit Overcurrent Protection.
        • 25. 547.5(G) Agricultural Buildings. Wiring Methods. Receptacles.
        • 26. 550.13(B) Mobile Homes, Manufactured Homes, Mobile Home Parks. ??Receptacle Outlets. ??GFCI.
        • 27. 551.40(D) RVs and RV Parks. ??120 V or 120/240 V, Nominal, Systems. ??Reverse Polarity Device.
        • 28. 551.72(F) RVs and RV Parks. Distribution System. Connection to Recreational Vehicle Site Equipment.
        • 29. 555 Part III Floating Buildings
        • 30. 555.2 Marinas, Boatyards, Floating Buildings and Commercial and Noncommercial Docking Facilities. Definitions.
        • 31. 555.9 Marinas, Boatyards, Floating Buildings and Commercial and Noncommercial Docking Facilities. Boat Hoists.
        • 32. 555.35(A) Marinas, Boatyards... Ground-Fault Protection of Equipment (GFPE) and GFCI Protection.
        • 33. 590.8 Temporary Installations. Overcurrent Protective Devices.
    • Chapter 6 [32 Activities]
      • 01. 600.2 Electric Signs and Outline Lighting. Definitions.
      • 02. 600.5(A) Electric Signs and Outline Lighting. Branch Circuits. Required Branch Circuit.
      • 03. 600.35 Electric Signs and Outline Lighting. Retrofit Kits.
      • 04. 605.1 Office Furnishings. Scope.
      • 05. 625 and 625.1 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System. Scope.
      • 06. 625.2 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System. Definitions.
      • 07. 625.44 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System. Equipment Connection.
      • 08. 625.54 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System. GFCI Protection for Personnel.
      • Additional Activities
        • 09. 625.56 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System. ??Receptacle Enclosures.
        • 10. 625.60 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System. AC Receptacle Outlets Used for EVPE.
        • 11. 680.2 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Definitions
        • 12. 680.4 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Inspections After Installation
        • 13. 680.21(C) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Motors. GFCI Protection.
        • 14. 680.21(D) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Motors. Pool Pump Motor Replacement.
        • 15. 680.22(A)(4) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Lighting, Receptacles, and Equipment. Receptacles.
        • 16. 680.22(A)(5) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Lighting, Receptacles, and Equipment. Receptacles.
        • 17. 680.22(C) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Lighting, Receptacles, and Equipment. Switching Devices. Other Equipment.
        • 18. 680.22(E) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Lighting, Receptacles, and Equipment. Switching Devices. Other Equipment.
        • 19. 680.23(B)(6) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Underwater Luminaires. Wet Niche Luminaires. Servicing.
        • 20. 680.26(B)(2) and (B)(5) Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Equipotential Bonding.
        • 21. 680.35 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Storable and Portable Immersion Pools.
        • 22. 680.45 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. Permanently Installed Immersion Pools
        • 23. 680.59 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations. GFCI Protection for Permanently Installed Nonsubmersible Pumps.
        • 24. 682.33(C) Natural and Artificially Made Bodies of Water. Bonding of Equipotential Planes.
        • 25. 690.2 Solar PV Systems. Definitions. Grounded, Functionally.
        • 26. 690.9(B) Solar PV Systems. Overcurrent Protection. Device Ratings.
        • 27. 690.12(A) Solar PV Systems. Rapid Shutdown of PV Systems on Buildings. Controlled Conductors.
        • 28. 690.13(A), (E) Solar PV Systems. Photovoltaic System Disconnecting Means. Location. Type of Disconnect.
        • 29. 690.33 Solar PV Systems. Mating Connectors.
        • 30. 690.41(B). Solar PV Systems. System Grounding. Ground-Fault Protection.
        • 31. 690.56(C) Solar PV Systems. Identification of Power Sources. Buildings with Rapid Shutdown.
        • 32. 695.3(C)(3) Fire Pumps. Power Source(s) for Electric Motor-Driven Fire Pumps. Multibuilding Campus-Style Complexes.
    • Chapter 7 [19 Activities]
      • 01. 700.5(A) Emergency Systems. Transfer Equipment.
      • 02. 700.12(B), (H), Emergency Systems. General requirements. Equipment Design and Location. DC Microgrid Systems.
      • 03. 700.32 ??Emergency Systems. Selective Coordination.
      • 04. 702.7(A) Optional Standby Systems. Signs. Standby.
      • 05. 705.11 Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources. Supply-Side Source Connections.
      • 06. 705.12 Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources. Load-Side Source Connections.
      • 07. 705.13 Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources. Power Control Systems.
      • 08. 706.1, .2 Energy Storage Systems. Scope. Definitions.
      • Additional Activities
        • 09. 706.4, .7 Energy Storage Systems. System Requirements. Maintenance.
        • 10. 708.24(D) COPS. Bypass Isolation Automatic Transfer Switches.
        • 11. 710.15 Stand-Alone Systems. General.
        • 12. 712.2 DC Microgrids. Definitions. Grounded, Functionally.
        • 13. 712.10 DC Microgrids. Directory.
        • 14. 725.48(B)(1) Class 1, 2, & 3 Remote-Control, Signaling and Power-Limited Circuits. Class 1 Circuits with Power-Supply Circuits. In a Cable, Enclosure, or Raceway.
        • 15. 725.144, Table 725.144 Class 1, 2, & 3 Remote-Control, Signaling and Power-Limited Circuits. Transmission of Power and Data.
        • 16. 760.121(B) Fire Alarm Systems. Power Sources for PLFA Circuits. Branch Circuit.
        • 17. 770.24 Optical Fiber cables. Mechanical Execution of Work.
        • 18. 770.110(D) Optical Fiber Cables. Cable Trays.
        • 19. 770.133(A),(B) Optical Fiber Cables. Installation of Optical Fibers and Electrical Conductors.
    • Chapter 8 [7 Activities]
      • 01. 800.1, 800.2 General Requirements for Communications Systems.
      • 02. 800.27 General Requirements for Communications Systems. Temperature Limitation of Wire and Cables.
      • 03. 800.44(C), (D) General Requirements for Communications Systems. Overhead (Aerial) Wires and Cables. On Masts. Between Buildings.
      • 04. 805.179(D) Communications Circuits. Communications Wires and Cables.
      • 05. 840.2 Premises-Powered Broadband Communications Systems. Definitions.
      • 06. 840.94, 840.102 Premises-Powered Broadband Communications Systems. Premises Circuits Leaving the Building.
      • 07. 840.160 Premises-Powered Broadband Communication Systems. Powering Circuits.
  • Course Completion
    • Mandatory Questionnaire
    • Certificate of Completion
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Instructor Bio

Jerry Durham

Jerry previously served the state of North Carolina as a Level III electrical inspector and provided state-approved electrical training for electrical inspectors at both Alamance County and Guilford County (NC) Community Colleges. Jerry taught the Kentucky state-approved four-year electrical apprenticeship programs offered by the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Trade School and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Trade School, and served the state of Kentucky as a Master Electrician and Louisville Metro Code Enforcement Officer. Jerry is a Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI) and NCCER Core and Electrical Curriculum certified instructor. Jerry currently holds North Carolina and ICC electrical inspector accreditations and is recognized by the state of Washington as an approved electrical administrator.