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chris kennedy
10-18-2013, 05:38 PM
Hey all, is the NESC available free on-line?

Thanks all.

Old Line Dog
10-18-2013, 09:14 PM
Actually...by any search I have done, now and in the past...Probably not. Least nothing I could find.

Do you actually think the Govt. would put that online for easy access by ANYBODY? I don't think so....

This is the best I could come up with....
https://www.google.com/search?q=national+electrical+safety+code&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&ie=&oe=#q=downloat+national+electrical+safety+code&rls=com.microsoft:en-US%3AIE-Address

Maby Labor might be able to help ya. Labor???

US & CA Tramp
10-19-2013, 07:40 AM
No it is not on line, you have to purchase it. I did find it in one of the library's near by but an older version.

loodvig
10-19-2013, 09:00 AM
http://standards.ieee.org/about/nesc/

Orgnizdlbr
10-19-2013, 12:20 PM
NESC is not free online that I am aware of. It's published by IEEE which is a private entity and is adopted by most but not all states.

Im im sure you know that OSHA Regs 1910.269 is online free if you need to look something up there.

i believe California writes it's own standards and doesn't adopt NESC standards, not sure about other states that may write their own......

chris kennedy
10-19-2013, 09:40 PM
Yup, thats what I found also. Just think that in todays world where so many standards and codes are becoming available for free viewing the NESC would be there.

Thanks again.

wudwlkr
10-24-2013, 07:14 AM
As mentioned, the NESC is written and maintained by IEEE which is a private organization and not the Federal Government. The code is a copyrighted property belonging to IEEE which they sell to recover the costs of creating and publishing it. This is true of most all standards organizations. Since they are copyrighted you generally can not find free copies on the internet though there are sites that post boot-legged copies. As an example, the National Electric Code (NEC) is written and maintained by NFPA. Also a private organization, also a copyrighted code and also only available by purchasing from NFPA. Since parts of NESC and NEC are incorporated into OSHA regulations you can look at these codes for free but you have to go to the Department of Labor building in Washington D.C. to do so.

OSHA, of course, is a government agency funded by taxpayers so all their regulations are not copyrighted and are freely available to everyone. This is true for all government agencies. Federal law now requires all agencies to maintain web sites to make their regulations available as well as the Government Printing Office.