Virginia - Journeyman Electrician

Mandatory rules use 'shall' or 'shall not' and identify specifically required or prohibited actions, while permissive rules use 'shall be permitted' or 'shall not be required.'

If a single ground rod measures 25 ohms or less resistance to earth, no supplemental electrode is required; if it exceeds 25 ohms, a supplemental electrode must be added.

Elevator and dumbwaiter driving machine motors are rated intermittent duty per 620.61(B)(1), while escalator and moving walk driving machine motors are rated continuous duty per 620.61(B)(2).

The service point is the demarcation where the utility's facilities end and premises wiring begins, with the utility specifying its location; premises wiring is everything on the customer's side of that point.

A Class A contractor performs or manages work on a single contract or project valued at $150,000 or more (or $1 million or more in any 12-month period); lower classes handle smaller project values.

An applicant with 240 hours of formal vocational training needs 4 years of practical experience to sit for the Virginia journeyman exam, while one with no formal training needs 8 years.

A reinstated license is treated as if the licensee was continuously licensed without interruption (keeping them under board disciplinary authority for the entire gap period), whereas a timely renewal simply continues the license without that retroactive exposure.

The NEC explicitly prohibits using the earth as an effective ground-fault current path; an effective path must be a low-impedance circuit capable of safely carrying maximum ground-fault current to facilitate overcurrent device operation.

Conductors 6 AWG or smaller must be identified by a continuous white or gray outer finish (or three white/gray stripes), while larger conductors have additional permitted identification methods under NEC 200.6.

Circuit breakers used as switches in 120-volt or 277-volt fluorescent lighting circuits must be listed and marked SWD or HID; standard circuit breakers without this marking are not permitted for that switching application.

Type SE cable used for interior branch circuits or feeders must comply with Article 334 (NM cable) installation requirements, but specifically excludes the ampacity limitation section 334.80.

The AHJ may waive specific NEC requirements and permit alternative methods only when assured equivalent safety objectives are achieved and technical documentation is submitted to demonstrate equivalency; otherwise standard Code requirements apply.