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18 Articles You MUST Highlight for your Exam


18 Articles You MUST Highlight

If you are preparing the electrical exam, you should know that the exam is open book.  Have you seen the size of the book?  The 2014 NEC book is at least 910 pages long!  We sell highlighted and indexed/tabbed book for those of you preparing for the master electrical exam and the journeyman electrical exam.

We are sharing with you today some of the articles that we highlight in our books, feel free to share this with everyone you know.  Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter if you want to see more free tips.

Listed below are 18 Articles you MUST highlight in your book.   These articles and tables are based on the 2011 NEC book.  If you have an older version or newer version, make sure to highlight the article based on the title of the article.

These articles will be ones that you will have to refer to during any electrical exam.  Whether you are studying for the ICC exam or the PSI exam, this list will help you.  If you already have these highlighted, then good for you! You are on the right path. 

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Nancy Valdez
  
TexasElectricalExam.com

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