Category: NEC

For years, “low voltage” has been the field’s catch-all. Controls. Data. Security. Fire alarm. Access control. Audio. Communications. Small wire going into equipment that doesn’t look like traditional power distribution. Everybody on a jobsite knows what someone means when they say: “That’s low voltage.” Then along comes the 2026 NEC. The Code reorganizes limited-energy and […]

NEC 2026: Limited Energy in Practice — Series Introduction The most important 2026 NEC story for our industry may not be a single new rule. It may be the Code’s continuing effort to give Limited Energy systems a more coherent framework—and the responsibility that places on designers, contractors, integrators, manufacturers, inspectors, and owners to understand […]