THE DESIGNER OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL POWER-SYSTEMS AND CODE INTERPRETATIONS

There is a need for the practicing electrical design engineer of indus trial and commercial power systems to understand the relationship betw een design practice and the National Electrical Code and the possible consequences of failure to design a system that does not meet requirem ents of the inspection authority. This paper also deals with the probl ems of interpretations by the inspection authority or designer that ar e not in the realm of mainstream practice. Recommendations are made fo r handling code ''violations'' that may be charged to design staff. So me suggestions are made on how the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) might further assist design engineers in working with the Code.