The Michigan Exam, Page by Page

Every Michigan exam topic on this site: the format of each exam, what you carry into the room, the code edition the items are written on, and the free tools.

How this is organized

Each page below cites the rule, the statute section or the bulletin its numbers come from. Where sources disagree, the page says so instead of picking one.

The exam

• Michigan Electrician Exam Questions - Answered and Cited

  Twenty Michigan electrician exam questions answered and cited: format, fee, book rules, the code edition, attempt limits and what happens on the day.

• Michigan Electrician Exam Book Rules - No Marks, Which Books

  Michigan electrician exam book rules allow four documents and no marks of any type. Factory tabs only, no Handbook, and everything has to be bound.

• What Is on the Michigan Electrician Exam - Area by Area

  The Michigan electrician exam covers fifteen named areas with no published item counts. Here is each one and where it lives in the 2023 code book.

• Michigan Fire Alarm and Sign Electrician Exams - Format

  The Michigan fire alarm specialty technician exam is 36 questions in 90 minutes and the sign specialist exam is 32 in 60. Both pass at 75 percent.

• Michigan Journeyman Electrician Exam - Format and Pass Score

  The Michigan journeyman electrician exam is 80 questions in 150 minutes, open book, and 75 percent passes. The format, the fee and the book rules.

• Michigan Master Electrician Exam - 76 Questions, 180 Minutes

  The Michigan master electrician exam is 76 questions in 180 minutes at 75 percent, open book. Fewer questions than the journeyman paper and more time.

• Failed the Michigan Electrician Exam - Retakes and the Wait

  Failed the Michigan electrician exam twice in two years? Statute makes you wait a year and take a board approved course. Each attempt costs $100.

• Michigan Electrician Exam Day - What to Bring, What to Leave

  Michigan electrician exam day, in order: arrive 15 minutes early with one photo ID, four allowed documents, and everything else in secure storage.

• Which NEC Edition Is on the Michigan Electrician Exam - 2023

  The Michigan electrician exam is written on the 2023 NEC with the Part 8 rules. A draft would move it to the 2026 edition, and it has not been filed.

Study

• Michigan Electrician Exam Study Plan - Open Book, 2023 NEC

  A Michigan electrician exam study plan for four weeks and ten hours a week, built around a clean 2023 code book and 80 questions in 150 minutes.

• Michigan Electrician Practice Questions - Free, by Topic

  Free Michigan electrician practice questions by topic, with the working and the section shown. Written on the 2026 numbering, with the 2023 numbers named.

• Michigan Electrician Exam Tools - Calculators and Sprints

  Free Michigan electrician exam tools: ten calculators and timed sprints that show the working, with the 2023 section number beside anything that moved.

The code

• Michigan 2026 NEC Adoption - Draft Rule 2026-17 LR

  Michigan's 2026 NEC adoption is a draft, rule set 2026-17 LR dated 19 August 2026, which would take effect 120 days after filing. It is not filed yet.

• Michigan Part 8 Electrical Code Amendments - What Differs

  The Michigan Part 8 electrical code amendments change gas piping bonding, NM cable, dwelling emergency disconnects and the whole administrative front.

• Michigan Electrical Code - Which NEC Edition Applies in 2026

  The Michigan Electrical Code is the 2023 NEC as adopted and amended by the Part 8 rules, effective 12 March 2024. A 2026 draft is open and not filed.

The free tools

• Michigan Voltage Drop Calculator - NEC Chapter 9 Table 8

  Michigan voltage drop calculator with NEC Chapter 9 Table 8 built in: volts dropped, percent, volts at the load, the K factor method and a sizing mode.

• Michigan Conduit Fill Calculator - NEC Chapter 9 Tables

  Michigan conduit fill calculator: pick the raceway, add the conductors, read the fill percent and the trade size that fits. Chapter 9 tables inside.

• Michigan Box Fill Calculator - NEC 314.16 Allowances

  Michigan box fill calculator with every box in Table 314.16(A) and the NEC 314.16(B) allowances. Count what enters the box, get the volume it needs.

• Michigan Wire Size Calculator - NEC Table 310.16 Steps

  Michigan wire size calculator on NEC Table 310.16. Load current in, conductor size out, with the 240.6(A) breaker and the Table 250.122 ground wire.

• Michigan Ampacity Calculator - NEC 310.15 Derating Steps

  Michigan ampacity calculator with Table 310.16, the 310.15(B)(1)(1) ambient correction and the 310.15(C)(1) adjustment built in, then the termination cap.

• Michigan Motor Full Load Current Calculator - FLC to Wire

  Michigan motor full load current calculator on NEC Tables 430.248 and 430.250. Get the FLC, the 430.22 conductor, the overload and the 430.52 device.

• Michigan Transformer Calculator - kVA to Amps and 450.5(B)

  Michigan transformer calculator on NEC Table 450.5(B). kVA in, primary and secondary amps out, with the largest device allowed and the secondary conductor.

• Michigan Ohm’s Law Calculator - Any Two Give the Rest

  Michigan Ohm's law calculator: type any two of volts, amps, ohms and watts and read the other two with the formula named. Three-phase, power factor, wheel.

• Michigan Ampacity Sprint - Table 310.16 Against the Clock

  Michigan ampacity sprint on Table 310.16: ten prompts a round in copper, aluminum or mixed with the 240.4(D) cap, four options on each, table on the page.

• Michigan Wire Size Sprint - Table 310.16 in Reverse, Timed

  Michigan wire size sprint: ten loads a round, copper, aluminum or mixed, some of them continuous. Pick the smallest Table 310.16 size that carries each.

Hands-on labs

• Michigan Electrician Labs - Bend, Wire and Build, Free

  Four free Michigan electrician labs: bend EMT, wire a three way, fill a box and build a grounding electrode system, with the section named on every line.

• Michigan Conduit Bending Simulator - Offsets and Saddles

  Michigan conduit bending simulator for EMT: drag the rise, turn the angle dial, and the multiplier, the shrink, the take up and every mark move with it.

• Michigan 3-Way and 4-Way Switch Wiring Lab - Drag the Wires

  Michigan 3-way and 4-way switch wiring lab: drag conductor ends onto terminals, flip the switches, and a checker names the section behind each fault.

• Michigan Box Fill Lab - Drop Conductors in a Drawn Box

  Michigan box fill lab: drag conductors, grounds, a device yoke, clamps and fittings into a drawn box and watch it fill, with the rule named on every drop.

• Michigan Grounding Electrode Lab - Build It, Size the GEC

  Michigan grounding electrode lab: drag electrodes into the ground, bond them into one system, and size the conductor from Table 250.66 and its ceilings.

• Conduit Bending Math - Offset Multipliers, Shrink, Take-Up

  Conduit bending math worked out: the offset multiplier for each angle, the shrink per inch of rise, take up by bender size, and the saddle layouts.

• 3-Way Switch Wiring Explained - Common, Travelers, Neutral

  3-way switch wiring explained: which screw is the common, what the travelers carry, when a neutral is required at the box, and when a white becomes a hot.

• 4-Way Switch Wiring Explained - Between Two 3-Way Switches

  4-way switch wiring explained: where the four way sits, which screws are a pair, how many you can have, and the trap that gets read as a bad switch.