Electrical Codes, Standards, Recommended Practices and Regulations

Conclusions

There are other differences between IEC and ANSI accredited Standards Development

Organizations’ (SDO) codes, standards, and recommended practices than were examined in

this chapter. The examples reviewed here show that the differences between IEC and

American standards can generally be related to design philosophies. With the number of

nations adopting the IEC standards as the basis for their own national standards it should be

obvious for the necessity for some planned form of harmonization of American standards to

compete in the global trade economy.

Support from American manufacturers competing in an international marketplace and

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