Landscape Lighting NEC Compliance Dataset: GFCI, Grounding & Burial Depth

What Makes This Dataset Different

Landscape lighting compliance information exists all over the web, but almost never in a form a spreadsheet, database, or AI retrieval system can actually use. Most sources are long-form articles that bury the actual code area, risk level, and inspection relevance inside paragraphs of prose. This dataset does the opposite: every topic is broken into the same 13 fields, every time, so "which of these 55 topics touch GFCI protection" or "which topics carry High risk" is a filter, not a re-read of 55 articles.

It's built from PortfolioLighting.net's own compliance content library — the same research that underlies our electrical code safety guide hub — restructured into a format meant for reuse rather than reading start to finish.

Who Actually Uses This

Key NEC Areas Covered in This Dataset

The dataset spans general compliance topics well beyond these five, but these are the specific NEC article areas most frequently referenced across the 55 records:

NEC 210 — GFCI Protection & Arc Fault Requirements

Ground-fault circuit interrupter protection for outdoor circuits, covered alongside common inspection triggers and related outlet/receptacle code requirements. See Arc Fault and GFCI Requirements.

NEC 250 — Grounding & Bonding

General grounding and bonding concepts as they apply to landscape lighting transformers and line-voltage equipment. See Grounding and Bonding Guide.

NEC 300.5 — Wire Burial Depth & Underground Wiring

Burial depth expectations for low-voltage versus line-voltage runs, plus underground conduit fill considerations. See Wire Burial Depth Code and the conduit fill calculator.

NEC 410 — Wet-Location Fixture Listing

Listing requirements for fixtures installed in wet or damp outdoor locations. See Wet Location Listing Requirements.

NEC 680 — Pool & Water Feature Lighting Clearance

Clearance and listing requirements for lighting near pools, fountains, and water features. See Swimming Pool Lighting Clearance.

Schema Preview

Two real, unedited sample records from the actual dataset — not illustrative placeholders.

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.portfoliolighting.net/landscape-lighting-wire-burial-depth-code.html",
    "topic": "Wire Burial Depth",
    "general_code_reference": "NEC 300 (general); NEC 411 (low-voltage lighting)",
    "risk_level": "High",
    "internal_reference_code": "PLC-002"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://www.portfoliolighting.net/landscape-lighting-electrical-code-safety-guide.html",
    "topic": "Electrical Code Safety Guide",
    "general_code_reference": "Multiple (see linked topics)",
    "risk_level": "Medium",
    "internal_reference_code": "PLC-001"
  }
  // ... 53 additional structured topics in the full dataset
]

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What This Dataset Is Not

To set accurate expectations before you buy:

• It is not an official NEC publication or a substitute for purchasing the actual code book.
• It is not legal or engineering advice, and it does not replace a licensed electrician's review of your specific installation.
• NEC article references are stated at the general article level (e.g., "NEC 300") rather than specific sub-clause citations, since sub-clause language changes across code cycles and editions.
• It does not include jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction amendment tracking — local amendments always take precedence over general code references.