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Liebhaber NESC 2017 Changes
Liebhaber NESC 2017 Changes
2017 Changes
Danna Liebhaber
October 6, 2016
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All this information is found on page xvi – xvii in the 2017 code book
Major revisions to Rule 010, Rule 011, and Rule 013 were
made based on CPs and subsequent Comments
Figure from McGraw Hill’s NESC 2012 Handbook used with permission of Marne and
Associates, Inc. and the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 2012
• Rule 110A1
Provided by Mickey
Gunter
Provided by
Mickey Gunter
Provided by
Mickey Gunter
From:
….in the event that the anchor guy becomes
slack or breaks below the lowest guy insulator.
TO:
in the event that the anchor guy becomes slack
or breaks.
No Change in Clearances
2012 version
2017 version
2012 version
2017 version
Same Words
Easier to Comprehend
…………
To Be Used
With 250D
Extreme Ice &
Concurrent Wind
2012 NESC
ASCE 7-05
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
2017 NESC
ASCE 74-10
Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading
Same Map
Newly revised ASCE standard
2012 NESC
ASCE 7-05
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
2017 NESC
ASCE 7-10
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
Same Map
New Edition of ASCE 7
CP Intention:
Introduce Load factors (LRFD)
2017 edition
– Reconcile existing rules with FED-OSHA revisions
• Rule 410.3 on arc hazard
- New information addressing hand, head, feet protection
- New information for dc systems
- New information on 480V arc-in-a-box test results