Ugly's Electrical References

Ugly's Electrical References

2026 Edition by Charles R. Miller & Daniel Sandefur

 rated 4.8/5 by 18,000+ Verified Electricians & Apprentices

Can you find the answer before the job stalls? The full code book is 900+ pages and sitting back in the truck. This fits in your pocket and puts the exact table, formula or 2026 code reference in your hand in seconds. Get it right the first time, pass inspection, and get home sooner.

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Fast, field-tested answers on code, tables, formulas and safe practice.

The Author

Master Electrician. Educator. NEC Author. Code Columnist.

Charles R. Miller has spent his career making the National Electrical Code make sense. A master electrician who has passed more than 40 master electrical exams nationwide, he owned and operated Lighthouse Electric Co. in Nashville for 18 years before founding Lighthouse Educational Services in 1988, a company built entirely around training the next generation of electricians.

He wrote and illustrated the nationally published Illustrated Guide to the National Electrical Code, authored the Electrician's Exam Prep Manual, and was contracted by the NFPA to write pocket guides to the NEC. His Code in Focus column runs in Electrical Contractor magazine, he teaches for the NFPA and JADE Learning, and he co-hosts a home-improvement radio show in Nashville. Few people alive have explained the code to more working electricians.

With Ugly's Electrical References, Miller and co-author Daniel Sandefur distill all of that into the one book you can fit in your pocket. Every table, formula and diagram is chosen for the field, not the classroom, and fully revised for the 2026 NEC. It is small, fast, and built to give you the right answer at the exact moment you need it. This is the code, from someone who has spent a lifetime teaching it.

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    The full code book won't fit up a ladder.This one lives in your pocket.

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    Excellent 4.8 / 5

    by 18,000+ Verified Electricians & Apprentices

    • Bought as a gift, he uses it constantly

      Purchased as a present for an apprentice and he uses it all the time.

      Carolina G.

    • Great value, grabbed one for my apprentice

      Great value compared to other places. Needed the newest year for my apprentice.

      Donald W.

    • Upgraded and worth it

      This is an essential handbook for any electrician. Just upgraded mine from the 1999 version!

      Andrew M.

    • Electrician must-have

      Always keep a new one in my toolbox. And my back pocket.

      Andrew M.

    • Perfect electrical reference book

      This book has everything an EE or a tech would need to reference on the fly. I advise you get the sticky tabs to mark important pages.

      Samuel D.

    • Great for any electrician or tech working with electricity

      This tiny book is loaded with great information and can fit in your jeans back pocket or coat pocket. It has information that could actually help save a life working with electricity, and it is worth having on hand.

      Jackie F.

    • Game changer!

      If you do any kind of electrical work, you need this. Trust me, you won't be sorry you bought it. All that stuff you learned that you don't use all the time but need every once in a while and can't remember, it's all in there.

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      Kenny H.

    • Great reference

      Best electrical reference book to carry with you all the time. I keep it in my truck always.

      Rob C.

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      This book will help anyone in the electrical industry, or even DIY home improvement people not wanting to get shocked. It's packed with all the knowledge you need when working with electricity.

      Jonathan G.

    • Great little electrical reference book

      Lots of excellent information packed in here for the everyday electrician and anyone studying to be one. Excellent pocket reference.

      Bob H.

    • Helpful reference guide

      Helpful reference book. I feel much better when I work the night shift by myself with it.

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      Frequently Asked Questions

      Find answers to common questions about our products.
      Yes. It is one of the most popular gifts for apprentices and students. The layout is plain and quick to navigate, so newcomers can find ampacity, fill and formula answers without wading through the full code book.
      Updated 2026 NEC code and table changes, math and electrical formulas, NEMA wiring configurations, a conduit bending guide, ampacity and conduit fill, transformer and control-circuit wiring diagrams, conversions, and safety references.
      Yes. This is the current 2026 edition (ISBN 978-1284315752), revised to reflect the 2026 National Electrical Code and NFPA 70, including new and restructured articles.
      Most pros carry both. Reviewers describe Ugly's as "the cliff notes for the electric code," the fast field reference you reach for first, with the full NEC as the deep reference back at the truck or shop.
      Yes. It is a compact, spiral-bound pocket guide (roughly 4 x 6 in.). Buyers keep one in a back pocket, tool bag, truck door and toolbox. If you prefer larger print, note the trade-off for that pocket size is small type.
      Yes. Apprentices, students and adjacent trades lean on it while studying. Reviewers mention it for journeyman and master prep and even NICET fire-alarm exams, since it keeps the core formulas, tables and code references in one fast, quick-reference format. Note that it is a field reference, not a practice-exam book, so it works best alongside your study material.