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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#637: Questions and Conversation with Bill Grande

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A conversation with Bill Grande , Vice President: Codes, Standards and Compliance at electrical device manufacturer Leviton.

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It's not the 100 amp in a home anymore.

0:08.0

It's 200 amps or more.

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Is 200 enough even?

0:12.0

That's a great question.

0:13.0

You're going to get two electric vehicles, right?

0:16.0

You're going to have all these electrical appliances.

0:19.0

You're going to have some solar, some backup.

0:22.3

Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building,

0:25.6

remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science

0:30.2

and working on houses. I'm Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Bill Grombe,

0:36.6

Vice President Codes and Standards and Compliance

0:39.1

at Levitin. Please email your questions to FHB Podcasts at Find Homebuilding.com. You can find

0:44.6

previous podcasts and check out the show notes at findhoundbuilding.com slash podcast.

0:50.7

Bill, what is a pleasure to have you on the show today? Thanks for being here.

0:56.8

Hey, it's great to be on. Thanks for the invite.

1:04.5

So it's not every day I get to talk to a corporate vice president. Can you please tell us what you do for Leviton?

1:11.2

So I'm the vice president of codes, standards, and compliance. As you could imagine, with electrical devices, we need to meet codes, how the products are

1:16.7

designed, what tests they have to pass.

1:19.3

You see a product that usually has a mark on it.

1:21.7

Typically, you'd see a UL mark or a CSA.

1:25.6

We need to make sure they meet all the safety standards, right?

1:29.2

So when we design a product, we want to certify those.

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