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Service clearances, grounding and bonding, wire vs breaker size, NM cable, box fill, receptacle spacing, GFCI and AFCI, the final inspection. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 72 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the numbers and section references you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 67 topics.
You're on a practice question: is the equipment grounding conductor the same thing as the grounded conductor? You've wired a thousand panels, and for a second the two words sound exactly alike.
In the code book it's Article 100: definitions in a row, each one leaning on the next. Paragraphs of words for something you've only ever learned with your hands.
In the book, grounding vs bonding is one page: the fault path drawn from the device back to the source, with the grounded conductor, the EGC and the bonding each marked on the drawing.
The rest of the part works the same way. Ground rods, the main bonding jumper, subpanels with isolated neutrals, water and gas piping bonding: each one has its own page.
You see where the fault current travels, you know which word means what, and you answer without flipping back through the definitions.
Before you inspect, service entrance, grounding and bonding, panelboards and overcurrent, rough-in cable and boxes, branch circuits and receptacle spacing, GFCI and AFCI, final inspection, and red tags with exam review: 72 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're on a rough-in and the contractor asks why you flagged the kitchen. The small-appliance circuits are one short, and you need the section to write it up.
You open the page on required dwelling circuits and see the house drawn: two small-appliance, one laundry, one bathroom and one garage circuit, all 20 A, with 210.11(C) right next to it.
Same with service clearances, NM cable securing, box fill step by step, wire vs breaker size and GFCI locations: each one on its own page, in this book.
Electrical Inspector Illustrated is 9 parts and 67 topics, all drawn, and at the end the frequent write-ups before and after, the numbers to tab and a look-up drill.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
Know where to look before you open the code book: how a residential inspection runs, how the NEC is built, reading a section number, the 4-step open-book look-up method, Article 100 definitions and what moved between 2017, 2020 and 2023.
Overhead clearances, windows and porches, mast and drip loop, service conductor sizing, disconnect location and the outdoor emergency disconnect, surge protection, working space and where the panel can't go.
Stop mixing up grounding and bonding: the two drawn side by side, the electrode system, ground rods, the Ufer, metal water pipe, the GEC, the main bonding jumper, subpanels, water and gas bonding and the intersystem bonding termination.
Wire size vs breaker size, NM ampacity at 60°C, double taps, one neutral per terminal, closing unused openings, the circuit directory and multiwire branch circuits.
Securing NM cable, bored holes and nail plates, cable entering the box, free conductor length, box fill step by step, box setback, fan and luminaire boxes and burial depths.
Required dwelling circuits, the 6-foot rule, wall space, kitchen countertops, islands and peninsulas by edition, bathrooms, outdoor, garage and basement, hallways and TR/WR receptacles.
GFCI locations, measuring 6 feet from a sink, AFCI locations and methods, luminaires over tubs and showers, closet clearances and ranges, dryers and fixed appliances.
Lighting outlets and switches, devices, covers and plates, testing receptacles at final, and listing, labeling and markings.
Your numbers in one place before exam day: frequent rough-in, service and receptacle write-ups before and after, the numbers to tab on one page, a question-to-section drill and the before-the-exam checklist.
At the end of the book: Frequent write-ups drawn before and after, the numbers to tab on one page and a question-to-section look-up drill.
Open-book style questions with the answer and the code section where you find it, so you practice looking things up against the clock, not just knowing them.
Quick-review cards of the most frequent residential violations, each drawn wrong and right, to print and keep on your clipboard.
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You already know the work. The book puts it in inspection order, rough-in to final, with the section number next to each rule.
The numbers to tab on one page and the look-up drill help you go from question to section without losing minutes in the code book.
Print it and keep it on your clipboard: receptacle spacing, GFCI locations and the frequent write-ups, drawn before and after.
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Yes. It doesn't teach you to wire. It puts what you already do in inspection order, with the code section next to each rule, which is what the exam asks for.
From NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, checked against the 2023 edition, with 2020 and 2017 changes flagged. Every page gives the section number so you can confirm it in the edition your jurisdiction adopted, with its local amendments.
No. It's independent study material, not published or endorsed by NFPA, ICC or any certifying body. It doesn't give you a certificate or continuing education hours.
No. For an open-book exam you still bring the code book your exam allows. Check your exam bulletin first: some residential inspector exams reference the electrical chapters of the IRC instead of NFPA 70, and those follow the NEC with their own section numbers. This book gives NEC section numbers and helps you understand each rule and find it faster.
No. They're written for this book, in open-book style, with the answer and the section where you find it.
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