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Detached houses, duplexes and townhouses up to 3 stories with their own exits use the IRC; every other building uses the IBC (IBC 101.2).

A random sample from 713 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC and IBC

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  • E3908.3

    Specific Equipment Fastened in Place (Fixed) or Connected by Permanent Wiring Methods

    • Luminaires and motor-driven water pumps are grounded; a metal well casing bonds to the pump EGC (NEC 250.112).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 39, Power and Lighting DistributionRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3601.4

    Other Conductors in Raceway or Cable

    • Only service conductors go in a service raceway, cable, handhole or underground box, except grounding/bonding conductors and protected load-management control wires (NEC 230.7).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 36, ServicesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E4002.15

    Receptacles in Countertops

    • Countertop and work-surface receptacle assemblies are listed for that use (NEC 406.5(E), (F)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 40, Devices and LuminairesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E4001.11.1

    Faceplate Grounding

    • Switches, dimmers and metal plates are grounded through the box screws or an EGC to the switch; ungrounded replacements within 8 ft vertically or 5 ft horizontally of grounded objects get a nonconducting plate or GFCI (NEC 404.9(B)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 40, Devices and LuminairesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

Searches all 4,276 IRC 2024 sections, 5,532 IBC 2024 sections and defined terms (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 so far) and each city's local rules as they are added. Section numbers and titles from the International Residential Code and International Building Code, 2024 editions, copyrighted by the International Code Council; the IRC's electrical chapters (34 to 43) follow NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code. Requirements are summarized in our words (IRC Chapters 3 to 43, IBC Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33); read the full text at the link on each result. Local values come from each city's published documents.

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