Important 2023 NEC Electrical Code Updates
We’re committed to helping make your home and business a safe place without electrical hazards. It’s important to understand the newest electrical code updates to ensure your home or business is updated. Some of the most important 2023 NEC electrical code updates to remember for your residential electrical code requirements include:
- Load calculation tables need to be revised to meet modern improvement’s energy efficiency. These changes were made to reflect modern updates, including energy-efficient LED lighting.
- All new one-and-two-family homes must install exterior emergency power disconnect switches. The power disconnect switches make it safer for emergency responders.
- All 125- and 250-volt receptacles that are supplied by a single-phase circuit with 150 volts or less to the ground must have GFCI protection.
- Electrical work safety is boosted with de-energizing panel boards; new service disconnect rules.
- You must cover any cables that are installed on the ceiling or walls.
- All basement receptacles must have GFCI protection.
- There are increased surge protection requirements to help protect sensitive safety equipment like hardwired smoke alarms.
- If your Ethernet cables transmit electrical power and data together, there is a new section of updates governing their use.
- Solar-generated energy storage requirement revisions help keep up with updated home energy storage technology like the use of the Tesla Powerwall home battery.
- Electric vehicle battery power has a new code that governs how homeowners can transfer power between their EV and home wiring.
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