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Single-family homes and multifamily residential projects are big businesses for electrical contractors, and ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Magazine has you covered with news and monthly articles about residential work, the National Electrical Code sections related to dwelling units, new lighting and home innovation technology and more.
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Residential Construction Still Facing Setbacks in 2023
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The construction industry faces economical shifts and supply chain issues entering 2023 with threats of a recession on the horizon, according to RSM’s Construction Industry Outlook: Winter 2023.

New Sizes for Branch Circuit: Tracing the history of these changes and what’s in the 2023 Code
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For as long as I can remember, the normal branch circuit size in the NEC started at 15A and increased from there.
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