{"product_id":"uglys-electrical-references","title":"Ugly's Electrical References","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe code changed. Your yellow book didn't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2026 NEC is rolling out across jurisdictions right now — and it didn't come with small tweaks. Systems over 1,000V AC \/ 1,500V DC. Limited-energy systems. Branch circuits, feeders, grounding, bonding, residential GFCI requirements. All revised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're pulling wire, quoting a job, or sitting a licensing exam off a 2020 or 2023 copy, you're working off numbers that are no longer legal. That's not \"outdated.\" That's a failed inspection and a rip-out on your dime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the authentic 2026 Edition. 224 pages. 4\" x 5.6\". Industrial plastic spiral coil that lays dead flat on a panel door or a ladder tray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull 2026 NEC table revisions\u003c\/strong\u003e — updated safety tables across the new code cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAmpacity \u0026amp; conduit fill charts\u003c\/strong\u003e — code-matched, every conductor type\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElectrical math\u003c\/strong\u003e — Ohm's Law, voltage drop, parallel circuits, power factor, kVA conversions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWiring diagrams\u003c\/strong\u003e — color-coded transformer and motor control schematics (star\/delta, jogging circuits)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete NEMA configuration charts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConduit bending guide\u003c\/strong\u003e — offsets, saddles, bender setups, multiplier factors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt in at no extra cost\u003c\/strong\u003e — general first aid, rigging\/knots\/pulley basics, metric conversion tables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFive seconds, on the ladder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeman says your 3\/0 run is over-filled and you're ripping it out. You know the math is right — you just can't recall the derating multiplier cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReach into your back pocket. Hit the thumb-tabbed conduit fill tables. Prove compliance on the spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo climbing down. No quarter-mile walk to the truck. No day of progress gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the book and not the app\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour phone screen cracks on concrete. Your battery dies at 2pm in July. Your signal hits zero the second you step into a concrete vault or a steel enclosure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaper doesn't care. No battery, no signal, no login, nothing to drop. Most electricians run it exactly the way it was designed: \u003cstrong\u003eUgly's in the tool bag, full NEC in the truck.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuilt by someone who actually did the work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge V. Hart spent his career as an industrial electrician and got sick of hauling a 900-page code book up a ladder. So he built the pocket version containing only the charts an electrician actually reaches for. His old boxing nickname was \"Ugly.\" The name stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e35 years later it's authored and updated by \u003cstrong\u003eCharles R. Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e — who has passed 45+ Master Electrician exams at 93% or higher, sat 7 Electrical Inspector exams, sits on NFPA committees including NFPA 70E, and ran a commercial contracting company for 18 years before he ever taught a class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Jones \u0026amp; Bartlett Learning. Mapped to NFPA 70, OSHA and NEMA standards. Currently the \u003cstrong\u003e#1 Best Seller in Electrical Engineering on Amazon\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026 (current NEC cycle)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCharles R. 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