Got the letter and mailed my 16 bucks in right away.

Got my book already, great service

This is getting ugly. Still haven't got mine.

Guess what. I just got my yellow thing in the mail. I thought they forgot about me! So I'll send it out tomorrow.

IAEI Is sending out notifications for the 2005 NEC. The only requirement is that you have been a member for 3 consecutive years and that the you are willing to pay the shipping cost.

IAEI:

WHERE IS MY BOOK????

IAEI:

Where is my book?????

I had a discussion with a NFPA rep a couple of weeks ago concerning orders for the NEC 2005. I guess they have had lots of problems with this issue's publishing.

NFPA lost approx. 1,300 web orders and are not able to trace down who's orders got lost. I also understand that the printing house had a problem with the binding machine for the soft-back issue which resulted in a delay of the release. Something like 750 books had defected bindings before the problem was descovered.

I did find one other fact interesting. According this rep., nearly 30,000 orders were made for the first printing of the 2005 issue. (This does not include handbook or CD orders.) The NFPA also estimates that an additional 25,000 to 30,000 more copies will be made for future orders over the next several years as states and communities adopt the new code.

This got me thinking, so I did the math. There are 70,000 electrical contractors in the US employing 650,000 electricians. However, the NFPA will only sell 60,000 or so copies of the NEC. This seems far too low, or is this the status of our industry? I understand many areas like NY and Chicago have their "own" code, but this stat really suprises me. Only 10% of those persons whom use the NEC will ever own it. This explains alot of the work I see now days...

Guess thats why everytime I ask the electrician on the job site for his current NEC code book...
(so I can go over a code section with him)...he says he don't have one in the truck!

Guess thats why so many installations don't meet code.

One day if IAEI can ever get enough clout, maybe we can lobby to bring back the electrical journeyman license. I remember at least in those good ol' days an inspector could usually hold a conversation with someone on the job that had at least some degree of NEC understanding and responsibility. From what I've seen (in the past), card carrying journeyman took pride in their work, respected the trade, and had at least some version of an electrical code book.

Nowadays you are lucky to find someone on the job that speaks English. No, I'm not a racist and I don't hate the immigrants. All that I'm saying is it is becoming increasingly harder today to find an electrician that:

1. Has a code book.
2. Can speak, read, and write the language.

Amigos,

Hoy día usted tiene suerte de encontrar alguien sobre el trabajo que dice el inglés. No, no soy un racista y no odio a los inmigrantes. Todo lo que digo es ello se hace cada vez más más difícil hoy de encontrar un electricista que:

1. Tiene un libro de código "National Electrical Code".
2. Puede decir, leer, y escribir la lengua.