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Book Description The 2007 NESC Handbook is an essential companion to the Code. It gives users insight into what lies behind the NESC's rules and how to apply them. It was developed for use at many levels in the electric and communication industries, including those involved in system design, construction, maintenance, inspection, standards development and worker training.
The Handbook discusses how the NESC Committee interpreted the rules in the Code and responded to change proposals during the past 85 years. This allows users to understand how questions have were dealt with in the past. The Handbook looks at how the 2007 Code, with its many additions and revisions, differs from the 2002 version and what this means for users. The 2007 Code includes changes in a great many areas, including:
• Rounding numbers found in the rules
• Loading due to freezing rain and wind
• Metal grounding poles
• Fiber-reinforced polymer elements
• Starting voltages and clearances
• Worker loads
• Grounding and insulation for guys
• Equipment bonding
• Clearances between transmission lines
• Arc exposure analysis
• Multiplex cable attachment to neutral brackets
• Antenna radiation exposure limits
The 2007 edition also contains new appendices on loading and conductor movement, extreme wind loading, and maximum over-voltage at a work site.
About the Author Allen Clapp is President of Clapp Research Associates, P.C., a consulting engineering firm in Raleigh, NC that serves over 200 utilities and industries with standards development, safety training, and forensic services. He also heads Clapp Research, Inc., which publishes the DANESC UPDATE™ quarterly newsletter on codes and standards related to the utility business, and sells video training on the NESC®.
Mr. Clapp has been involved in design and evaluation of electric and communication utility facilities for over 30 years. He has written numerous technical papers and is a contributor to McGraw-Hill's Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers.
He is a member and past Chair of the NESC Committee and serves on many NESC subcommittees. Over 16,000 people have attended Allen's seminars on the NESC®. He also chairs the ANSI Z535.2 Subcommittee on Environmental and Facility Safety Signs.
Mr. Clapp is a Past President of the Professional Engineers of North Carolina, a former Director of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and a former member of the IEEE Standards Board.
He has investigated over 400 accidents and regularly presents courses on Investigating and Litigating Utility Contact Accidents. He has testified before courts and commissions for over 25 years, and he has served as both arbitrator and mediator.
