Code Quiz: Article 250, Part 1

Based on the 2005 NEC

Questions and answers written by Mark Lamendola, who has worked as a master electrician, electrical inspector, and design engineer. Mark is an IEEE Senior Member, and the Code article author for Codebookcity.com. He is a former editor of an electrical magazine were he edited Code articles.

1. What is the topic of Article 250?
    

2. What's an effective ground current path?
    

3. What's a ground fault?
    

4. What's a ground fault current path?
    

5. Give an example of a ground fault current path.