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   BillHartmann | Feb 03, 2007 02:58am | #1

   A lot of those kind of things are aimmed to the tests in that area.

   Where did you move to? And do they have codes there?

   For something like that I would ask him. And get him a reference book in it's place.

   If it was a test specific book and he has pasted the test them it's value is not that high.

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   A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
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   daFarmerDave | Feb 03, 2007 03:27am | #2

   Bill Hartman, Bill Hartman nobody has elected you A-hole on this board.  I was looking for your answer, it was why I came here.

   I moved to the farm in the Ozark Outback.  I'm the code here.  People tell me things like - you could have done this for a lot cheaper than Square D QO series.

   Anyway, my buddy wants to pass St. Louis County's master electrician test.  My other buddy, the electrical contractor, had to take it in a neighboring county and says it's real bitch.  He's a liscened P.E. and grew up working in the wiring business.  He claims his dad couldn't fire him and couldn't stand to see him having any fun on summer vacation.  He says they test all sorts of obscure stuff and test on things nobody in their right mind would do.

   So the aspiring electrical contractor had this book that covered most of the sections in the code.  He wants to be able to calculate feeder sizes in multi-unit dwellings and all that stuff.  He lent me his books when I changed out the panel in the garage here at the farm.

   I had his book in the truck for a long time.  When the law and I had a disagreement about whether or not I could keep the neighbor off the property at my best paying HO's residence, I had to stay out of that town.  So we could not have lunch at his favorite BBQ joint.  The book got packed away.  I can't find my hole saws I want real bad either.

   Somebody posted one on this board some time back.  I tried to search for it.  "electrical code" returned no hits.

    

   Big Macs - 99 cents

   Edited 2/2/2007 7:28 pm by daFarmerDave

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   ponytl | Feb 03, 2007 03:32am | #3

   I've found the best way to find anything thats lost.... is to go buy a new one... you're sure to trip over the one you were looking for within minutes

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   VAVince | Feb 03, 2007 04:22am | #4

   YOU the MAN!  I LOVE that reply!

    

       

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   BillHartmann | Feb 03, 2007 04:41am | #6

   "Bill Hartman nobody has elected you A-hole on this board."No I am self-appointed.Every once in a while my answers are less than directly to the point. Always polite, but not always on target.A couple that I can think of.The 2005 NEC HANBOOK. That is the one published by the NEC. It includes the full NEC text along with explaintion and drawings. It cost about $130.If it is still there here is a link to a pdf copy.http://64.202.175.112/nec/2005nech.pdfI would not give that to him and to me, printed is really needed, but being able to look it up on the computer is handy also.IIRC this book has been recommend - American Electricians' Handbook, but I am not sure if that is the one or not.The last thing would be to check with the counties licensing department to see what testing company that they use. Then do a google on that company to see if anyone has guide for that test.I looked at St Louis county and all if could find is that they are "exaimed".St Charles county use ICC (the people that write the internal codes).They have this page.http://www.iccsafe.org/e/prodcat.html?catid=EL-Text&pcats=ICCSafe,EL&stateInfo=acrekcFajajjadkd4780|4And the first one might be what you are looking for.But clicking on it I see that it is specific for the 2002 NEC.The last one or the MacGraw Hill book might also be ones to look at..
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   A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.

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   brownbagg | Feb 03, 2007 04:47am | #7

   what, what book you talking about, are you sure, oh yea, I gave that back to you years ago. I gave it to your wife, yea, thats it, your wife has it.( you may substitute wife for brother in law).

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   daFarmerDave | Feb 03, 2007 05:48am | #9

   He's a Jefferson County boy.  St. Chuck is a hot market.  I'll check but I think all three counties and the city do the same test.

    Big Macs - 99 cents

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   VAVince | Feb 03, 2007 04:24am | #5

   You borrowed you buy!  Hurry up!

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   Gunner | Feb 03, 2007 05:12am | #8

   Just get the 2005 code book. Most big book stores and most supply houses have them. If you really love him you'll spring for the tabs and put them in. In my opinion they are the best way to have a book set up.Especially for an open book test. I believe just about every place does them open book.