In article , "iwdplz" wrote:
excellent info, thanks. The home is in the town of Middlebury if that makes
any difference. Do all homes in all states in the US comply with NEC, or do
the regulations of states and cities ever override anything in the NEC?

The NEC is a standard, not a law. It has no legal force whatever until a
particular jurisdiction adopts it in part or in toto as the electrical code
for that jurisdiction.