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  2. National Electrical Code - Wikipedia

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    That creates a system whereby a city can best avoid lawsuits by adopting a single standard set of building code laws. This has led to the NEC becoming the de facto standard set of electrical requirements. [6] A licensed electrician will have spent years of apprenticeship studying and practicing the NEC requirements prior to obtaining their license.

  3. BS 7671 - Wikipedia

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    floor and ceiling heating systems; onshore units of electrical shore connections for inland navigation vessels. 'Premises' covers the land and all facilities including buildings belonging to it. Exclusions: [4] systems for the distribution of electricity to the public other than prosumer's installations covered by Chapter 82

  4. Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Many accessories for electrical installations (e.g., wall sockets, switches) sold in the UK are designed to fit into the mounting boxes defined in BS 4662:2006—Boxes for flush mounting of electrical accessories—Requirements, test methods and dimensions, with an 86 mm × 86 mm square face plate that is fixed to the rest of the enclosure by ...

  5. The Best Garage Heaters for Warming Up Chilly Workshops ... - AOL

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    Portable Electric Garage Heater. For a powerful 5,600-watt portable garage heater, we recommend this model from NewAir. It’s designed to warm spaces up to 600 square feet, plus it has a 6-foot ...

  6. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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    When commercial electric power was first introduced in the 1880s, it was used primarily for lighting. Other portable appliances (such as vacuum cleaners, electric fans, smoothing irons, and curling-tong heaters) were connected to light-bulb sockets. As early as 1885 a two-pin plug and wall socket format was available on the British market.

  7. Electrical wiring in North America - Wikipedia

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    An outlet is defined by the NEC as "a point in the wiring system at which current is taken to utilization equipment". [1] This definition includes receptacles, lighting, motors, etc. Ordinary switches control but do not consume electricity, and therefore are not defined as outlets in this sense.

  8. Space heater - Wikipedia

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    Turning off the heater when the last adult leaves the room or goes to sleep and keeping children and pets three feet away from the heater. Placing heaters on a flat, hard, nonflammable surface. Avoiding the use of heaters near flammable materials such as paint or gasoline. Installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors nearby.

  9. Electric heating - Wikipedia

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    An electric heater is an electrical device that converts an electric current into heat. [1] The heating element inside every electric heater is an electrical resistor , and works on the principle of Joule heating : an electric current passing through a resistor will convert that electrical energy into heat energy.