NEC 240.6 — Standard Ampere Ratings
The official catalog of standard ampere ratings for fuses and circuit breakers — Table 240.6(A) (15–6000 A; the 2023 NEC adds 10 A), the fuse-only ratings (1, 3, 6, 10, 601 A), and the three-tier rating rules for adjustable-trip breakers: (B) maximum setting, (C) restricted access = adjusted setting (2020 adds password protection), and new in 2023, (D) remote adjustment with cybersecurity conditions. Verbatim 2017 section + table on disk, the 2017→2020 delta (subsection (C) only), the full 2023 section cross-verified, and seven worked examples computed with the shipped PanelWright cores.
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What 240.6 is (and is not)
240.6 answers one question: which ampere ratings are the standard ones? It is the catalog, not a sizing rule. When 240.4(B) says you may go to "the next higher standard size," when 210.18 says a circuit is rated in accordance with the OCPD's "maximum permitted ampere rating or setting," when 210.20 picks your breaker and 430.52 sizes a motor OCPD — they are all reaching into this table. The number you write on the panel schedule must be a 240.6 number (or a nonstandard rating the code explicitly permits).
The section has four subsections, and they are not the same kind of rule:
- (A) Fuses and Fixed-Trip Circuit Breakers — the catalog. The standard ampere ratings for fuses and inverse-time (fixed-trip) circuit breakers are the values in Table 240.6(A): 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 A (2017/2020 — the 2023 NEC prepends 10 A). In addition, 1, 3, 6, 10, and 601 A are standard ampere ratings for fuses (2023: 1, 3, 6, and 601 A — 10 A moved into the table itself). And nonstandard ratings are permitted for fuses and inverse-time breakers — the table marks the standard sizes; it does not ban the rest.
- (B) Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers — the baseline. An adjustable-trip breaker with external adjusting means that does not meet (C) is rated at the maximum setting possible. If the dial reads 300 A but the unit can be set to 600 A, the rating is 600 A — that is the number the conductors are deemed protected at.
- (C) Restricted Access Adjustable-Trip — the exception. If the adjusting means is behind (1) removable and sealable covers, (2) bolted equipment enclosure doors, or (3) locked doors accessible only to qualified personnel — plus, from the 2020 NEC, (4) password protection with the password accessible only to qualified personnel — the breaker may be rated at its adjusted current setting (long-time pickup setting) instead of the maximum. The 2023 NEC adds an informational note pointing to NFPA 730 (premises security) and ANSI/TIA-5017 (physical network security).
- (D) Remotely Accessible Adjustable-Trip — new in the 2023 NEC. A breaker that can be adjusted remotely (computer, smartphone, tablet) may be rated at its adjusted setting if remote access is (1) a local non-networked interface, or (2) a networked interface where the breaker and its software are identified as evaluated for cybersecurity, or a cybersecurity assessment of the network is completed with documentation available for inspection. Without (D) compliance, the (B) maximum-setting rule applies.
The practical rule: 240.6 is the lookup table behind every "next standard size" call in the code. PanelWright's nextStdBreaker() implements it: given a required ampacity, return the smallest standard rating ≥ it. The list the tool ships (37 values, 15…6000 A) is the 2017/2020 table verified cell-for-cell below.
Table 240.6(A) — the standard ampere ratings, at a glance
| Edition | Values (38 shown; — = table cell blank) | Note |
|---|
| NEC 2017 / 2020 |
15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 — 37 values, smallest 15 A |
Identical 2014–2023 except the 2023 addition below. (2014 printed the same values as a numbered paragraph; the 2017 cycle converted it to a table with no value change — verified in v1.15.2.) |
| NEC 2023 |
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 — 38 values, smallest 10 A |
10 A prepended — this is what makes 2023's 10-ampere branch circuits (210.18, article 34) exist as real OCPD ratings. |
| Fuses only — (A) additional list |
2017/2020: 1, 3, 6, 10, and 601 A · 2023: 1, 3, 6, and 601 A |
The fuse list loses 10 in 2023 because 10 A moves into the table. 601 A is standard fuse only — the largest standard fuse in the 600 A class. Nonstandard ratings remain permitted for fuses and inverse-time breakers in all editions. |
What is not in the table: 140, 165, 180, 190 A (between 125 and 150 there is a 25 A gap — a classic exam and design trap), and 3500 A (the list jumps 3000 → 4000). A 2000 A rating does exist; 2500 and 3000 do too. The full list is asserted in the test suite against the shipped core's STD_BREAKERS array, which equals the on-disk 2017 table cell-for-cell.
Verbatim code text
NEC 2017 — 240.6 (full section, on disk)
240.6 Standard Ampere Ratings.
(A) Fuses and Fixed-Trip Circuit Breakers. The standard ampere ratings for fuses and inverse time circuit breakers shall be considered as shown in Table 240.6(A). Additional standard ampere ratings for fuses shall be 1, 3, 6, 10, and 601. The use of fuses and inverse time circuit breakers with nonstandard ampere ratings shall be permitted.
Table 240.6(A) Standard Ampere Ratings for Fuses and Inverse Time Circuit Breakers
Inverse Time Circuit Breakers — Standard Ampere Ratings:
15 20 25 30 35
40 45 50 60 70
80 90 100 110 125
150 175 200 225 250
300 350 400 450 500
600 700 800 1000 1200
1600 2000 2500 3000 4000
5000 6000 — — —
(B) Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers. The rating of adjustable-trip circuit breakers having external means for adjusting the current setting (long-time pickup setting), not meeting the requirements of 240.6(C), shall be the maximum setting possible.
(C) Restricted Access Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers. A circuit breaker(s) that has restricted access to the adjusting means shall be permitted to have an ampere rating(s) that is equal to the adjusted current setting (long-time pickup setting). Restricted access shall be defined as located behind one of the following:
(1) Removable and sealable covers over the adjusting means
(2) Bolted equipment enclosure doors
(3) Locked doors accessible only to qualified personnel
Source: verbatim NEC 2017, official NFPA text on disk (nec2017_full.txt, lines 16129–16195). The scan is two-column: the section body, the page header ("2017 Edition NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE"), and the table are interleaved and are presented here in reading order. OCR line-wrap reflows joined ("non- standard" → "nonstandard"); the marginal "N " marker dropped; two machine-fixed OCR misreads disclosed in the section heading region: "740.6" → "240.6" (7 misread for 2) and "A ircuit breaker(s)" → "A circuit breaker(s)" in (C). The table's final row carries three dash cells (37 values in 8 × 5 cells) — blanks in the official table, kept here. No wording was changed beyond OCR repair.
NEC 2020 — 240.6(C) (the only subsection changed in 2020, verbatim from the change record)
240.6(C) Restricted Access Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers.
A circuit breaker(s) that has restricted access to the adjusting means shall be permitted to have an ampere rating(s) that is equal to the adjusted current setting (long-time pickup setting). Restricted access shall be achieved by one of the following methods:
(1) Located behind removable and sealable covers over the adjusting means
(2) Located behind bolted equipment enclosure doors
(3) Located behind locked doors accessible only to qualified personnel
(4) Password protected, with password accessible only to qualified personnel
Source: NEC 2020, subsection (C) exactly as printed in the authoritative 2020 change record (ELR record 848, "2020 Code Language" block, fetched this session). Honest scope: the on-disk 2020 full-code scan (slideshare_nec2020.txt) does NOT contain section 240.6 (it ends near Article 230), so 2020 is quoted here for the subsection the change record covers — (C) — and nowhere else. The same record's "2017 Code Language" block was word-diffed against the on-disk 2017 (C) above: identical (verify_art35.py check 1), which anchors the 2020 side to the official 2017 text. The 2017→2020 delta is exactly: the lead-in "defined as located behind one of the following" → "achieved by one of the following methods"; each method gains a "Located behind" prefix; and new method (4) password protection. No 2020 change record exists for (A) or (B) (scanned ELR 2020 range 800–863: the only 240.6 record is 848/(C)).
The 2017→2020 delta: subsection (C) only (verified)
Programmatic verification (verify_art35.py, all word-level): (1) the on-disk 2017 (C) and the change record's 2017 (C) are word-identical; (2) the 2020 (C) vs 2017 (C) word diff shows exactly the rewording above + method (4); (3) the 2017 (B) and 2023 (B) are word-identical; (4) the 2017 (A) sentence 1 and sentence 3 are word-identical to 2023 (A) — only the fuse list changes ("1, 3, 6, 10, and 601" → "1, 3, 6, and 601"); (5) the on-disk 2017 table equals the shipped core's STD_BREAKERS cell-for-cell (37 values); (6) the 2023 table equals [10] + the 2017 table (38 values); (7) the 2023 (C) word set contains the 2020 (C) word set and adds the NFPA 730 / ANSI/TIA-5017 informational note; (8) the 2023 (D) normative body is word-identical between the independent 2023 source and the 2023 change record (one disclosed hyphenation difference, "non-networked" vs "nonnetworked").
NEC 2023 — 240.6 (full section, cross-verified; deltas vs 2020 marked)
(A) Fuses and Fixed-Trip Circuit Breakers. The standard ampere ratings for fuses and inverse time circuit breakers shall be considered as shown in Table 240.6(A). Additional standard ampere ratings for fuses shall be 1, 3, 6, 10, andand 601. The use of fuses and inverse time circuit breakers with nonstandard ampere ratings shall be permitted.
Table 240.6(A) Standard Ampere Ratings for Fuses and Inverse Time Circuit Breakers
Inverse Time Circuit Breakers — Standard Ampere Ratings:
10 15 20 25 30
35 40 45 50 60
70 80 90 100 110
125 150 175 200 225
250 300 350 400 450
500 600 700 800 1000
1200 1600 2000 2500 3000
4000 5000 6000 — —
(B) Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers. The rating of adjustable-trip circuit breakers having external means for adjusting the current setting (long-time pickup setting), not meeting the requirements of 240.6(C), shall be the maximum setting possible.
(C) Restricted Access Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers. A circuit breaker(s) that has restricted access to the adjusting means shall be permitted to have an ampere rating(s) that is equal to the adjusted current setting (long-time pickup setting). Restricted access shall be achieved by one of the following methods:
(1) Located behind removable and sealable covers over the adjusting means
(2) Located behind bolted equipment enclosure doors
(3) Located behind locked doors accessible only to qualified personnel
(4) Password protected, with password accessible only to qualified personnel
Informational Note: See NFPA 730, Guide for Premises Security, and ANSI/TIA-5017, Telecommunications Physical Network Security Standard, for information regarding physical security.
(D) Remotely Accessible Adjustable-Trip Circuit Breakers. A circuit breaker(s) that can be adjusted remotely to modify the adjusting means shall be permitted to have an ampere rating(s) that is equal to the adjusted current setting (long-time pickup setting). Remote access shall be achieved by one of the following methods:
(1) Connected directly through a local non-networked interface.
(2) Connected through a networked interface complying with one of the following methods:
a. The circuit breaker and associated software for adjusting the settings are identified as being evaluated for cybersecurity.
b. A cybersecurity assessment of the network is completed. Documentation of the assessment and certification shall be made available to those authorized to inspect, operate, and maintain the system.
Informational Note No. 1: See ANSI/ISA 62443, Cybersecurity Standards series, UL 2900 Cybersecurity Standard series, or the NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Version 1.1 for assessment requirements.
Informational Note No. 2: Examples of the commissioning certification used to demonstrate the system has been investigated for cybersecurity vulnerabilities could be one of the following: The ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) conformity assessment program; Certification of compliance by a nationally recognized test laboratory; Manufacturer certification for the specific type and brand of system provided.
Informational Note No. 3: Cybersecurity is a specialized field requiring constant, vigilant attention to security vulnerabilities that could arise due to software defects, system configuration changes, or user interactions. Installation of devices that can be secured is an important first step but not sufficient to guarantee a secure system.
Source: NEC 2023, subsections (A)–(D) as reproduced in an independent 2023 source (NEC-csv 2023 edition dataset, 240.6(A)–(D) rows; the source's inline section links and the dataset cell's line-concatenation of (C)/(D) list items were normalized to reading order), and cross-checked against the on-disk 2023 change record for (D) (ELR record 1450, "2023 Code Language" block, fetched this session — the normative (D) body is word-identical between the two sources, the single disclosed difference being the hyphenation "non-networked" [source] vs "nonnetworked" [change record preview]). / marks are this page's diff overlay vs the 2020/2017 text, not part of the code text. The official NFPA 2023 text itself is not on disk; the two 2023 sources agree on every claim made here.
The 2023 changes (three, all verified)
- NEW subsection (D) — remotely accessible adjustable-trip circuit breakers. The headline 2023 change: breakers adjustable from a computer, smartphone, or tablet. The rating may equal the adjusted setting only if remote access is a local non-networked interface, or a networked interface meeting a cybersecurity condition (breaker + software identified as evaluated for cybersecurity, or a completed cybersecurity assessment with documentation available for inspection). Rationale (per the change record's commentary): remote-adjustable breakers are a cyber-attack surface for network-connected building life-safety equipment; (D) is the code's answer. The 2020 NEC had no (D) — the change record's "2020 Code Language" line is literally "This code section did not exist."
- Table 240.6(A) gains 10 A; the fuse additional list loses it. The (A) table now runs 10, 15, 20, … 6000 A and the "additional standard ampere ratings for fuses" line reads "1, 3, 6, and 601." This is the enabling change for 2023's 10-ampere branch circuits (210.18, article 34): before 2023, a 10 A OCPD was not a standard breaker rating at all — 10 A existed only in the fuse-only list.
- (C) gains an informational note. The NFPA 730 (Guide for Premises Security) / ANSI/TIA-5017 (Telecommunications Physical Network Security) reference — physical security for the (C)(4) password-protected and locked-door methods. (The note is absent from the 2020 text in the change record — it is a 2023 addition, not a 2020 carryover.)
What did not change: (A) sentence 1 ("shall be considered as shown in Table 240.6(A)"), (A) sentence 3 (nonstandard ratings permitted), and the entire (B) maximum-setting rule — word-identical 2017 → 2023 (programmatic word-level diff, verify_art35.py). The section title "Standard Ampere Ratings" is stable 2017 (on disk) → 2020 (change record) → 2023 (verified). 2014 is not on disk (no 2014 claim beyond the v1.15.2 note above, which cited the ELR 2014 §240.6(A) paragraph text); the 2026 NEC renumber is flagged site-wide.
How a standard rating gets used (the mechanism, in sequence)
- Size the requirement. 210.20 / 215.2 / 430.52 … compute the required OCPD rating (e.g. 125% of continuous load, or a table value).
- Land on the table. If the required value is itself a 240.6(A) rating, that is the device rating. If not, 240.4(B) (and its twins in motor/service sections) permits the next higher standard rating — subject to the ≤20 A exceptions and the >800 A prohibition for general branch/feeder conductors. This step is where "165 A ampacity → 175 A breaker" happens, and where the 125→150 gap (no 140 A) bites.
- Declare the rating. 210.18 makes the OCPD's rating the branch-circuit rating; 210.21/210.23/210.24 then key off that number for receptacle ratings and permissible loads. For adjustable-trip devices, steps 2–3 use the rating as determined by (B)/(C)/(D) — the maximum setting, or the adjusted setting when restricted access (or 2023 remote access) is in place.
The trap in most real problems is step 2: people treat the ampacity number as if it were a rating, or treat a dial setting as if it were a rating. 240.6 says neither is — the rating is a table value (or, for adjustable-trip devices, the (B)/(C)/(D) determination).
Worked examples (computed by the shipped cores)
Every number below was computed by the real shipped PanelWright code (nextStdBreaker on the verified 240.6 standard list, STD_BREAKERS for the table itself) under node — compute_art35.js → calc_24006_cited.json — zero hand math.
EX1 — The table itself (and what the core ships)
| Item | Value (from the core) |
|---|
Shipped STD_BREAKERS (2017/2020 table) | 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 — 37 values, min 15, max 6000 |
| vs the on-disk 2017 Table 240.6(A) | Cell-for-cell identical (verify_art35.py check 5 — the core array IS the 2017/2020 table) |
| 2023 table | 38 values: 10 prepended, everything else identical |
| Fuse-only additional ratings | 2017/2020: 1, 3, 6, 10, 601 A · 2023: 1, 3, 6, 601 A |
EX2 — The 240.4(B) "next standard size" rule: ampacity 165 A is not a rating
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Conductor (Table 310.16, 60 °C Cu column) | 3/0 Cu = 165 A ampacity |
| Is 165 A a 240.6 standard rating? | No (the list jumps 150 → 175; STD_BREAKERS.includes(165) = false) |
| 240.4(B) next higher standard rating | 175 A (nextStdBreaker(165)) |
| Second case | 2 AWG Cu = 95 A (60 °C) → not standard → 100 A (nextStdBreaker(95)) |
| Point | This is the v1.15.2 regression trap in reverse: an early PanelWright listed 140 and 165 as standard and stopped at 3000 A. Both are wrong — 140/165 are not 240.6 ratings in any 2014–2023 edition, and 4000/5000/6000 A are standard. The corrected list is what every "next standard size" pick in this site now uses. |
EX3 — 25 A: a standard breaker rating that is not a multioutlet circuit rating
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Load | 2,880 W / 120 V = 24 A (one utilization equipment: the water heater) |
| 240.6 OCPD pick | 25 A (nextStdBreaker(24)) — 25 A IS a 240.6(A) standard rating |
| 210.18 multioutlet list check | 25 A is NOT on the 210.18 multioutlet rating list (15/20/30/40/50; 2023: 10/15/20/30/40/50) → the circuit must be individual |
| Point | 240.6 says "25 A breakers exist"; 210.18 says "25 A multioutlet circuits don't." The same number is legal in one section and illegal in the other — that is exactly why the two lists are different lists (see article 34, EX3). |
EX4 — (B) the baseline: adjustable-trip, no restricted access → rating = MAXIMUM setting
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Device | Adjustable-trip breaker, max setting 600 A, dial set to 300 A |
| 240.6(B) rating | 600 A — "shall be the maximum setting possible." The dial reading does not matter. |
| Why it matters | 600 A is what 210.18 would declare as the circuit rating and what the conductors are deemed protected at. A 300 A dial on a 600 A frame on 200 A conductors is a code problem — the conductors must be protected at the 600 A rating, or the device must meet (C)/(D). |
EX5 — (C) restricted access → rating = ADJUSTED setting (incl. the 2020 password method)
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Device | Same 600 A-frame adjustable-trip breaker, dial set to 400 A |
| Restricted access | Adjusting means behind a locked door accessible only to qualified personnel — (C)(3) in every edition; equally valid as a (C)(4) password-protected unit (added 2020, password accessible only to qualified personnel) |
| 240.6(C) rating | 400 A — "equal to the adjusted current setting (long-time pickup setting)" |
| Point | Same device, same dial, same wire: (B) says 600 A, (C) says 400 A. The difference is entirely physical (or digital) access control over the dial — that is the whole economic point of (C): it is what makes electronic trip units usable at their set point instead of their frame size. |
EX6 — (D) the 2023 remote-adjust case: cybersecurity decides the rating
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Device | 800 A-frame electronic trip unit, adjustable remotely (BMS/smartphone), setting 500 A |
| (D)(1) satisfied | Remote access via a local non-networked interface (e.g. a tablet on a wired local link) → rating = 500 A |
| (D)(2) satisfied | Remote access via a networked interface with the breaker + software identified as evaluated for cybersecurity (or a completed cybersecurity assessment, documentation available for inspection) → rating = 500 A |
| (D) NOT satisfied | Falls back to (B): rating = 800 A maximum setting |
| Point | 2023's (D) is a pure delta — the 2020 code has no answer for a remotely adjusted breaker (the (B) max-setting rule would govern). The three informational notes point at ANSI/ISA 62443, UL 2900, and the NIST CSF v1.1 for what "evaluated for cybersecurity" and the assessment documentation mean. |
EX7 — 10 A across editions: fuse-only, then table-standard, then a circuit rating
| Item | Value (from the core) |
|---|
| 2017/2020: 10 A in the 240.6(A) breaker table? | No (STD_BREAKERS.includes(10) = false) — smallest standard inverse-time breaker rating = 15 A |
| 2017/2020: 10 A in the fuse-only additional list? | Yes — "Additional standard ampere ratings for fuses shall be 1, 3, 6, 10, and 601" |
| 2023: 10 A in the 240.6(A) table? | Yes — table now starts at 10 A; the fuse list drops 10 ("1, 3, 6, and 601") |
| Consequence | Only in 2023 can a 10 A OCPD be a standard breaker rating — which is what lets 210.18's 2023 10-ampere branch circuits (no receptacle outlets, Exception No. 2) exist. Pre-2023, a 10 A load ran on a 15 A circuit. |
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Where 240.6 fits
- The consumer — 240.4(B) next-standard-size: the "next higher standard rating" in 240.4 is a 240.6 lookup (EX2). The conductor-sizing meta-article walks the full load → ampacity → OCPD → standard-size pipeline.
- The circuit-rating twin — 210.18: 210.18 declares the OCPD's 240.6 rating as the circuit rating and polices which ratings may appear on multioutlet circuits (15/20/30/40/50; 2023 adds 10) — the 25 A case (EX3) is where the two lists diverge.
- The breaker-sizing twin — 210.20: 210.20 computes the required OCPD (125% continuous floor); 240.6 supplies the discrete ratings it can land on (via 240.4(B)).
- The small-conductor caps — 240.4(D): 240.4(D) caps the OCPD on 14/12/10 AWG conductors (15/20/30 A Cu, 15/25 A Al) — caps that are 240.6 ratings themselves.
- Feeder/service side: 215.2/215.3 and 230.90 (Exception No. 2 explicitly references the 240.6 next-standard-size allowance) use the same table.
- The table itself: the shipped core's
STD_BREAKERS is the 2017/2020 table (EX1) — asserted in the public test suite; Table 310.16 is the ampacity side of the same pair.
Method, sources & honesty notes
2017 text. Verbatim NEC 2017 (official NFPA text on disk, nec2017_full.txt): 240.6 lines 16129–16195 (full section: (A) + Table 240.6(A) + (B) + (C)). Two-column scan interleaves body/header/table — reassembled in reading order; OCR misreads "740.6" → "240.6" and "A ircuit" → "A circuit" machine-fixed and disclosed; line-wrap reflows joined; no wording changed.
2020 text. The on-disk 2020 full-code scan (slideshare_nec2020.txt) does NOT contain 240.6 (scan ends near Art. 230) — so the 2020 side is quoted only for subsection (C), from the authoritative 2020 change record (ELR 848, "2020 Code Language" block, fetched this session: art35_elr_848_2406.html). The same record's "2017 Code Language" (C) block was word-diffed against the on-disk 2017 (C): identical (verify_art35.py check 1) — anchoring the change record to the official 2017 text. The 2017→2020 delta (lead-in rewording + "Located behind" prefixes + new method (4) password) is the complete diff of that pair. No 2020 change record exists for (A) or (B): the ELR 2020 records scanned this session (sectionIDs 800–863) contain exactly one 240.6 record (848/(C)). No 2020 (A)/(B) claim is made beyond "no change record found in the scanned range." The on-disk 2023-print cross-checks (codeelec_2023, SunCam NEC-2020 overview) reference Table 240.6(A) but do not reproduce the table values — no value-level 2020 claim rests on them.
2023 text. Full 240.6(A)–(D) reproduced from an independent 2023 source (NEC-csv 2023 edition dataset, rows 240.6(A)–(D), fetched this session: art35_nec_csv.csv) and cross-checked against the on-disk 2023 change record for (D) (ELR 1450: art35_elr_1450_2406d.html — "2020 Code Language: This code section did not exist," confirming (D) is new in 2023). The normative (D) body is word-identical between the two sources modulo one disclosed hyphenation difference ("non-networked" vs "nonnetworked"). The official NFPA 2023 text itself is not on disk; both 2023 sources agree on every claim made here. (The NFPA 730 / TIA-5017 informational note in 2023 (C) is absent from the 2020 (C) text in the change record — cited as a 2023 addition on that basis.)
Section title. "Standard Ampere Ratings" — identical in the 2017 on-disk text, the 2020 change record, and the 2023 up.codes section page (fetched this session). No 2014 claim (not on disk; the 2014 paragraph-vs-table form is cited from the v1.15.2 verification note in the core's source comment).
Worked examples. All numbers computed by the shipped cores under node — compute_art35.js → calc_24006_cited.json — zero hand math. The EX1 table parity (core STD_BREAKERS == on-disk 2017 table) and the 2023 [10] + 2017-table identity are asserted in verify_art35.py and mirrored in the public test suite.
Honesty flags. (1) The 2020 side is limited to (C) — the 2020 full text of 240.6 is not on disk and the on-disk 2020 scan omits it; claims about 2020 (A)/(B) are "no change record found in the scanned ELR range," not "verified word-identical." (2) The 2023 text rests on an independent 2023 dataset + the ELR 1450 change record; the official NFPA 2023 text is not on disk. (3) The 2017→2020 (A)-table continuity (2020 table == 2017 table) is NOT directly verified (2020 table not on disk); it is supported only by the absence of a 2020 change record for (A) — the 2023 table comparison is against the 2017 on-disk table, not the 2020 table. (4) 2014 not on disk (no 2014 claim). (5) 2026 NEC renumber flagged site-wide. (6) This page is a design aid, not legal or code-authority advice — the adopted edition in your jurisdiction governs.