

National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Additional Information
Description of Standards Developed
Related to:
Connectors for electrical utility transmission, overhead and underground distributions and substations
Electricity meters and devices used for revenue
Mechanical and electrical interchangeability, performance characteristics, and terminology for equipment used in roadway lighting
Indoor and outdoor lighting systems
Chemical systems, dimensions, nomenclature, terminal configurations, markings, test --methods, typical performance, safety, and environmental aspects of Portable cells and batteries
Ratings, dimensions for interchangeability and tests for apparatus insulators and line insulators
Power switchgear and integral/articulated unit/substations
Direct current generators and for direct current motors
Alternators, synchronous motors, synchronous condensers, and phase advancers, synchronous frequency converters, and synchronous rotary phase converters
Induction motors and induction machines in general
Synchronous converters; field control converters; synchronous booster converters and cascade converters
Electric lamps
Insulated and covered electrical wires and cables, copper and optical fiber communications cables
Rigid metal conduit and electrical metallic tubing raceway systems
Incandescent lamps, electric discharge lamps
Ballasts and transformers for electric discharge lamps, and for the individual lamp transformers
AC systems and equipment
Energy storage systems
Ground rod electrodes, ground rod couplers and associated equipment
Arc welding, plasma arc cutting, and allied processes
SDO Acronym/Initials
NEMA
Public Comment Options
Standards out for public comment are published to the ANSI Standards Action
Joining The Standards Development Process
Follow link: https://www.nema.org/Technical/Pages/Codes-and-Standards-Committee.aspx
See committees on Connectors for Electric Utility Application, Electricity Metering, Roadway and Area Lighting, Lighting Systems, Portable Cells and Batteries, Insulators for Electric Power Lines, Power Switchgear, Rotating Electrical Machinery, Electric Lamps, Insulated Wires and Cables, Raceways for Electrical Wiring Systems, Electric Lamp Bases and Holders, Lamp Ballasts, Preferred Voltage Rating for AC Systems and Equipment, Energy Storage Systems, Ground Rod Electrodes, Ground Rod Couplers and Associated Equipment, Requirements for Apparatus Designed for Use in Arc Welding, Plasma Arc Cutting,
and Allied Processes, Safety Signs and Colors
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