NECA Releases New Electrical Installation Standards for 2001

The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), Bethesda, Md., has published the tenth volume of its growing series of National Electrical Installation Standards. NECA 101-2001, “Standard for Installing Steel Conduits,” describes installation procedures for three common types of tubular steel raceways: rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, and electrical metallic tubing.

Procedures described in the standard include threading and bending steel conduits and special considerations for installing PVC-coated steel conduit. The standard also contains an appendix dealing with the use of steel conduits as grounding electrode conductors for electrical feeders and branch circuits.

NECA 101-2001 was developed in partnership with the Steel Tubing Institute of North America, based in Mentor, Ohio.

For more information, visit www.neca-neis.org.