Electrical Installations in
Hazardous Locations, 3E
Peter J. Schram, Robert P.
Benedetti, Mark W. Earley
An essential resource
for electricians, inspectors, engineers, manufacturers, safety personnel,
installers, Code enforcers, and administrators
- The first single source for general
information about electrical installations in hazardous locations
- Complies over 20 NFPA standards relating to
electrical safety from fire
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Translates the technical language used in the Code into layman’s
terms and explains the reasoning behind each requirement
- Integrates safety requirements into one
coherent, easy-to-use document
The Third Edition of this
best-selling text continues to familiarize electricians with the
intricate details of performing electrical installations in
hazardous locations.
Intended to serve as a general reference on
the classes, groups, and divisions of hazardous locations, the text
provides users with a comprehensive introduction to what hazardous
locations are and are not, before progressing to more complex topics
such as the requirements for equipment protection systems,
protection against ignition from static electricity and lightning,
and NEC® compliance.
Completely updated, Electrical
Installations in Hazardous Locations, Third Edition
now includes information on the availability of new technology, as
well as the latest national and international codes and standards.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: General
Chapter 3: Classification of Specific Processes/Occupancies
Chapter 4: Equipment Protection Systems
Chapter 5: Static Electricity and Lightning Protection
Chapter 6: Requirements Outside the United States
Softcover
362 Pages
Copyright 2009
About the
Authors:
Peter Schram has spent over 50
years participating in electrical codes- and safety-making
activities. He worked in the Engineering Department of the
Underwriters Laboratories’ for 30 years, with ten of them spent
managing the group responsible for the evaluation of the electrical
equipment for use in hazardous locations. During this time, he was
the UL representative on a number of NFPA technical committees
including the National Electric Code Technical Committee’s
Code-Making Panel 14 and the Technical Committee on Electrical
Equipment in Chemical Atmospheres.
Following his career at the UL, Schram
was the NFPA’s Chief Electrical Engineer, responsible for the
preparation of the National Electric Code®and
other electrical standards. He was Secretary to the National
Electric Code Technical Correlating Committee, and editor of the
National Electric Code®
Handbook.
Mark W. Earley,
P.E. is assistant vice president of the Engineering Division at NFPA.
He is secretary of the committee on the National Electrical
Code®, the U.S. co-secretary of the correlating committees on
Electrical Installations, an associate member of the Canadian
Electrical Code Part I, and a member of the Electrical Council of
Underwriters Laboratories, the Electrical and Electronics Standards
Board of the American National Standards Institute, the Executive
Committee of the U.S. National Committee on the International
Electrotechnical Commission, and the Safety Council of Inchcape ETL
Laboratories.
Mr. Earley is also a member of the International Association of
Electrical Inspectors, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He was the
editor of the 1990, 1993, and 1996 editions of the National
Electrical Code Handbook. Prior to joining NFPA he was with the
Factory Mutual Research Corporation for eight years.
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