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Articles in Electrical Contractor Magazine by Mark Ode

Electrical Contractor - at http://www.ec-mag.com

Regulatory Services' Mark Ode has been writing technical articles for NECA's Electrical Contractors Magazine since January 2000.

The following are current and archived articles. View the articles by clicking on the article title.

Edition Date	Article Title
March 2006	Mission Critical
February 2005	Only Temporary
January 2006	Now Hear This!
December 2005	Use Your Metal
November 2005	In the Interim
October 2005	Emergency Protection... Stat!
September 2005	The Shower Zone
August 2005	When to Supplement
July 2005	Unplugging Fluorescents
June 2005	Being Selective
May 2005	Going for a swim
April 2005	Use the service entrance
March 2005	New method to protect circuits
February 2005	Ensuring earth connections
January 2005	GFCI requirements expand in 2005 NEC
December 2004	Grounding Electrode Conductors in a Building
November 2004	Changes to Electrical Spacing in 2005 NEC
October 2004	Are Laundry Areas Habitable Rooms?
September 2004	Grounding Connections
August 2004	Nonmetallic Conduit for Essential Hospital Systems
July 2004	ACknowledge
June 2004	The Abandoned Cable Dilemma
May 2004	The Ins and Outs of AFCI Protection
April 2004	Ground-Fault Protection Systems for Services
March 2004	Redundant Grounding in Patient Care Areas
February 2004	Installing a Service Disconnect
January 2004	Resizing Service of Feeder Loads
December 2003	Standby Systems Part II
November 2003	Standby Systems Part I
October 2003	Supplemental or Supplementary
August 2003	Lamps in the Damp
July 2003	Conductors Connected in Parallel
June 2003	Understanding Luminaires and Lamps
May 2003	NM Cables Installed in Temporary Installations
April 2003	More Than Just a "Gas Station"
March 2003	Motor-Operated Appliances - Connection and Disconnection
February 2003	Bonding the Hot-Water Piping System
January 2003	A Quick Means of Egress - Necessary Updates To 2002 Code
December 2002	Providing Sufficient Access and Working Space
November 2002	Lightning Protection, Then and Now
October 2002	Pool Codes Get Rewrite
September 2002	A Change in Motor Disconnect Locations
August 2002	Installing Smoke Detectors (Alarms) - Understanding listed equipment saves lives
July 2002	Bonding Water Piping - Is it a metal system or not?
May 2002	Field Marking of Arc Flash Hazards - Avoid workers' injuries, equipment damage
April 2002	Control Cables in Cables Trays
March 2002	Review Metal-Clad Cable Requirements
February 2002	Revisions Address Grounding Separately Derived Systems
January 2002	NEC Adds High-voltage Requirements
December 2001	What Does Article 300 Cover?
November 2001	Wiring in Ducts, Plenums and Other Air-handling Spaces
October 2001	Structured Wiring Systems - A New Concept or a Reincarnation?
September 2001	Installing Cable TV in a Nursing Home Facility
August 2001	Sizing the Main Bonding Jumper in a Service is Fairly Simple
July 2001	Low-Voltage Lighting - Listed Systems or Individual Field-Assembled Components?
May 2001	Classification of a Hazardous Location
April 2001	Temperature Limitations of Connection Must Not be Exceeded
Mar 2001	Understanding Snap Switch Installation Requirements
Feb 2001	The Differences between GFCI, IDCI, and FGPE
Jan 2001	Improperly Sized Conduit Bodies Can Lead to Conductor Damage
Dec 2000	Outside Branch Circuits or Feeders - Is a Separate Disconnect Required?
Dec 2000	Ensuring Backwards Compatibility of Cable Connecting Devices
Nov 2000	Installing Electrical Equipment in a Combustible Dust Location
Oct 2000	Overcurrent Protection for Motor Circuits
Sept 2000	Sizing an Equipment Grounding Conductor for a Tap
Sept 2000	Control, Signaling, and Communications by Light
Aug 2000	Supplemental Electrode - One or Two Required?
Aug 2000	Splices and Conductor Fill in Enclosures and Wireways
July 2000	To Ground or Not to Ground - That is the Question
June 2000	Fire Alarm Circuits Extending Beyond One Building
May 2000	Installation of Nonmetallic Sheathed Cable, Exposed or in a Raceway
April 2000	NEC Introduces New Communication System
Mar 2000	Conduit Fill and Ampacity Calculation for Low-Voltage Systems
Feb 2000	Separating Voice-data from Power Conductors
Jan 2000	Grounding Techniques for Low Voltage Systems

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