NEC Article 100 Flashcards

Accessible (as applied to equipment)

Admitting close approach; not guarded by locked doors, elevation, or other effective means.

Accessible (as applied to wiring methods)

Capable of being removed or exposed without damaging the building structure or finish or not permanently closed in by the structure or finish of the building.

Accessible, Readily (Readily Accessible)

Capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections without requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to climb over or remove obstacles or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth.

Ampacity

The current, in amperes, that a conductor can carry continuously under the conditions of use without exceeding its temperature rating.

Appliance

Utilization equipment, generally other than industrial, that is normally built in standardized sizes or types and is installed or connected as a unit to perform one or more functions such as clothes washing, air conditioning, food mixing, deep frying, and so forth.

Approved

Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.

Attachment Plug (Plug Cap) (Plug)

A device that, by insertion in a receptacle, establishes a connection between the conductors of the attached flexible cord and the conductors connected permanently to the receptacle.

Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.

Automatic

Self-acting, operating by its own mechanism when actuated by some impersonal influence, as, for example, a change in current, pressure, temperature, or mechanical configuration.

Bathroom

An area including a basin with one or more of the following: a toilet, a tub, or a shower.

Bonded (Bonding)

Connected to establish electrical continuity and conductivity.

Bonding Jumper

A reliable conductor to ensure the required electrical conductivity between metal parts required to be electrically connected.

Bonding Jumper, Equipment

The connection between two or more portions of the equipment grounding conductor.

Bonding Jumper, Main

The connection between the grounded circuit conductor and the equipment grounding conductor at the service.

Branch Circuit

The circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the circuit and the outlet(s).

Branch Circuit, Appliance

A branch circuit that supplies energy to one or more outlets to which appliances are to be connected and that has no permanently connected luminaires that are not a part of an appliance.

Branch Circuit, General-Purpose

A branch circuit that supplies two or more receptacles or outlets for lighting and appliances.

Branch Circuit, Individual

A branch circuit that supplies only one utilization equipment.

Branch Circuit, Multiwire

A branch circuit that consists of two or more ungrounded conductors that have a voltage between them, and a grounded conductor that has equal voltage between it and each ungrounded conductor of the circuit and that is connected to the neutral or grounded conductor of the system.

Building

A structure that stands alone or that is cut off from adjoining structures by fire walls with all openings therein protected by approved fire doors.