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Join Paul Abernathy, Acting Executive Director of the Certified Master Electrical Code Professional Program as he interviews Jay "The Basement King" Grundberg who is an active candidate in the CMECP® Program. Listen as Jay gives his insights into being a participant in the program and what he has gained already from the certification program.For more information on the CMECP® Program visit www.CMECP.org for more details.

Welcome to the Let's Ask Paul Podcast sponsored by PaulAbernathy.com and Electrical Code Academy, Inc., the premier electrical exam preparation and NEC learning online program provider. In this episode Paul Abernathy, CEO and Founder talks about what to do in the last two weeks of your exam preparation journey and how you should prepare to come into that final stage of electrical exam study mentality. Paul talks about timing for exams and how important it is to have a study plan so as to not waste valuable time in the journeyman electrician and master electrician study plan.For more information on a truly structured electrical exam preparation study guide and how thousands of electricians have come successful using our Fast Trax Electrical Training Programs please visit www.FastTraxSystem.com or www.ElectricalCodeAcademy.com for more information and to see our free tutorial course on our programs.

Hey Folks - Listen as Paul Abernathy talks about the structural changes to Article 100 - Definitions for the recently released 2023 National Electrical Code. The new look of Article 100 brings all the definitions in Article 100 in a common locations and Paul explains the structure of and style changes to the flow of Article 100. The changes will help electricians better understand the flow while removing the questions about the intent of the scope that was plagued by references to .2 sections and so forth.

Electrical Code Academy, Inc. is proud to announce our brand-new Enterprise Program for Small, Medium, and Large Electrical Contractors. The new Enterprise Programs will be designed for companies to purchase multiple courses for their employees, activate them as they need them, and allow an assigned administrator within your company to monitor the progress of your employees. The assigned administrator will be able to see the grades, comment on them as well, and interact as an instructor in the course. Electrical Code Academy, Inc. is excited about being able to give this unprecedented access to companies and to help raise the bar on electrical education. The LAUNCH of this new Enterprise Program is September 14, 2022, and it will be broken down in to the following programs:Fast Trax® Gold Enterprise - Learning the National Electrical CodeFast Trax® Ruby Enterprise - Learning the NEC for Residential WiringFast Trax® Emerald Enterprise - Learning the NEC for Commercial WiringFast Trax® Sapphire Enterprise - Lea

Listen as Paul Abernathy talks about Article 90, the introduction of the National Electrical Code in this episode of Master The NEC. Paul goes over all the sections in Article 90 and gives an explanation of each of the rules and changes for the 2023 NEC.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answers more questions submitted via the Let’s Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com. In today’s episode questions about 310.15(b)(1) versus 310.15(b)(2) was presented. There were also questions again o n the 2023 National Electrical Code changes to 210.8(D) for Ground-fault Circuit Interrupter protection (GFCI) for specific appliances. Lastly, Paul is asked about rumors of the solid 8 AWG copper ring around a swimming pool for the equipotential bonding being removed for the 2023 NEC, and of course, someone asked Paul about his patents…AGAIN.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answers a few questions submitted via the Let’s Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com. In this episode, Paul answers a question on the 3’ perimeter grid in 680.26(B)(2) and then tackles a question about 60 amp services to apartments.

Listen as Paul Abernathy talks about the CMECP Program and the live stream on Monday.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answers a few questions submitted via the https://www.PaulAbernathy.com portal. The questions were about portable generators and optional power to dwellings, sizing the EGC for parallel applications and when you must increase the size of the EGC, and lastly Paul answers a question about his method to dissecting an exam question.

Welcome to another episode of Let's Ask Paul, the podcast dedicated to answering your questions on the National Electrical Code. On this episode Paul Abernathy, CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answers questions about receptacles in health care facilities and their placements, Myers hubs, and a deep understanding of Voltage Drop and the increasing of the equipment grounding conductor in Article 250.Be sure you visit https://www.ElectricalCodeAcademy.com or follow us on our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/masterthenec

Listen as Paul Abernathy answers more questions submitted via PaulAbernathy.com. In this episode Paul answers questions on how to calculate the minimum number of receptacles on branch circuits.

Listen as Paul Abernathy answers more questions submitted via PaulAbernathy.com. In this episode Paul answers questions on GFCI issued with Dryer, installing an outside service disconnect for a cabin and multiple Lutron panels and possible tap rules.

Listen as Paul Abernathy answers more questions submitted via the Let's Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com. Today's question is about what do to when a service panel becomes a remote distribution panel (Subby Bruh) and it has existing SE-U cables. Paul will also answer a question about ground rods at a detached structure as well in this episode.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, the CEO and Founder talks about when is it OK to go above the minimum safety standards of the National Electrical Code. Paul also talks about electrical inspectors and even tells a story about how an electrical inspector died after working one day on the job. If you want or care to know Paul's opinion of going above the NEC then you will enjoy this episode.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, Certified Master Electrical Code Professional and CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answer more questions submitted through the Let's Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com. In this episode Paul gets asked if a GFCI Device, such as a circuit breaker type or receptacle type OK to protect the branch circuit and receptacle when a non-grounding type is replaced with a grounding type.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, Certified Master Electrical Code Professional and CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answer more questions submitted through the Let's Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com. This episode answers the questions about WR Rated Receptacles in damp or wet locations, does Paul accept a former troublemakers apology, and are stud packs, ganged studs, considered a raceway and more.

Join Paul Abernathy for another episode of Let's Ask Paul from www.PaulAbernathy.com. In this episode, Paul answers the question of using motor nameplates versus the tables for full load current, and someone asks about the ampacity of a 12 AWG conductor and how to use the various NEC rules.

Listen as Paul Abernathy, CEO and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. answers another question from a submission via the Let's Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com. This podcast answers a question about sizing a transformer to handle a single HVAC Load and all the things to take into consideration when selecting the proper sized transformer.

Join Paul Abernathy, CEO, and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc., a premier electrical code training academy located in Texas. Today's question was submitted through the Let's Ask Paul Portal at www.PaulAbernathy.com and it pertains to validation of NEC code references for a fire incident being inspected by the electrician or electrical inspector. Remember, you can submit your own questions free and easily at www.PaulAbernathy.com

Join Paul Abernathy, CEO, and Founder of Electrical Code Academy, Inc. as he answers another question from those submitted via PaulAbernathy.com and the Let's Ask Paul Portal. In this episode, Paul answers the question about (2) 100 Amps breakers in a 125A Panel as well as explains straight versus slash-rated circuit breakers.