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CODE PACK 2023.3 · TEACHES NEC 2023
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Wire it. Fix it. Power it.

A hands-on game for every country — pick your language above, then actually wire things together. Pick a tool, tap or use a controller to connect wires, light the bulb, and build real projects: electric cars, smart homes, and smart cars. Less homework, more game — easy steps, big wins, and every rule labeled with its code and country standard.

Photograph of a real modern breaker panel: a row of white DIN-rail circuit breakers with black toggles and screw terminals, with black, blue and green-yellow wires entering from above and below
Real modern gear, the way it actually looks in a home today: DIN-rail breakers with screw terminals and colour-coded wiring in a steel panel. VoltQuest teaches on equipment that looks like this — panels, rocker switches and outlets.
Photograph of a real modern load center with its grey steel door open, showing breaker slots, bus bars and neutral bars inside
Load center — the modern home breaker panel in grey steel, door open.
Photograph of a real modern white Decora rocker light switch with a screwless wall plate
Decora rocker switch — the flat paddle switch fitted in homes today.
Photograph of a real modern white GFCI outlet on a wall, with TEST and RESET buttons between the two sockets and wall-plate screws above and below
GFCI outlet — TEST / RESET buttons between the sockets, as fitted for real.
Photograph of a modern house with a large dark rooftop solar panel array
Rooftop solar — a modern home array, panels flush across the roof.

Stuck? Help never runs out — Hint gives you the next step in words, Show Me highlights the right answer on screen. Using help never costs XP or stars.

Game Hub

5 worlds · 20 hands-on challenges · free to start — plays right here in your browser
🟢 Steps 1–5 · StarterShort circuits, 4 choices, clear faults. Learn the moves.
🔵 Steps 6–10 · Warming UpExtra choices & look-alike answers. Think before you tap.
🟡 Steps 11–15 · Getting TrickyMore parts to wire, two faults can hide in one job.
🔴 Steps 16–20 · Expert + FinalesMost parts, trickiest faults — Pro finales cap each world.

Harder as you go — help always on. Every challenge has a 💡 Hint button (your clear next step) and a 👁️ Help / Show Me button (highlights the right part, wire or answer). Free vs paid: the first 3 challenges in each world, Workshop Project 1, the Daily Challenge and the Field Guide are Free — the 🔒 Pro finale in each world and Master extras need Pro / Master below.

📊 Player Stats Owner view — opens your Google Analytics dashboard: how many people played, how long they played, and where they are playing from. Brand-new numbers can take up to 48 hours to appear.

🔌 Wire-It Workshop — Wire It Yourself

Pick a tool · Tap two terminals to wire them · Or play with a controller

This is the game part: no quiz. Choose a project, grab the right tool, and connect the wires yourself. Touch / mouse: tap one terminal, then tap the next. Controller / keyboard: press the Controller button below, move with arrow keys or D-pad, press Enter / A button to pick a terminal. Connect every wire in the list, then hit Test Circuit.

Keyboard ready — plug in any USB/Bluetooth controller and press a button to connect it

1 · Pick your tool

Tool selected: Wire & Connector — tap two terminals to join them.

💡 Light Circuit — make the bulb light

0 / 3 wires

Wire: Battery + → Switch · Switch → Bulb · Bulb → Battery −

Ready. Pick the Wire tool, tap Battery +, then tap Switch.

⭐ Finish a project for +40 XP. Wrong wire? No fail — the game shows you what happened and lets you try again. That's how you learn by doing.

🏠 Build the House — The Real Wiring Game

Not pictures — a game you play with your hands

This is the hands-on game: every tool and part you need is in the tray on the side. Tap a tool or part to pick it up (or drag it onto the board), then tap where it goes. Right spot: it snaps in with a green glow. Wrong spot: red flash, sparks, and a plain reason why. Build in order — meter → main breaker → branch breakers → wires → outlet, switch, light — then flip the main breaker and watch the current flow and the house come alive. Works by touch, mouse, and keyboard (Tab + Enter).

Step 1 of 14
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
FEEDER RUN
KITCHEN RUN
LIGHT RUN
Meter base
0000.0
kWh METER
LOAD CENTER · 200A⚡ LIVE
Main slot
200A MAIN
— BRANCH BREAKERS —
Kitchen slot
20A
Lights slot
15A
BUS DEAD — MAIN OFF
Feeder cable
Outlet box
Switch box
Ceiling box
Loading the job site…

⭐ Finish the house for +60 XP and up to 3 stars — a clean run with no sparks earns all 3. When it's live, the wall switch and the main breaker really work: flip them and watch the current stop and flow.

🚗 Build the Car — Wire an Electric Car

Same hands-on game — a new machine

Same way you built the house: tap a tool or part in the tray to pick it up, then tap where it goes on the car. Right spot snaps in green; wrong spot sparks red and tells you why. Build in order — battery pack → motor → controller → main cable → charge port, lights, dash — then tap the dashboard to start it and watch it come alive: wheels turning, headlights beaming, dash lit.

Step 1 of 11
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
Pick a tool or part from the tray to start.
MAIN CABLE RUN
Battery bay
BATTERY PACK
Motor bay
DRIVE MOTOR
Controller
CONTROLLER
Main cable
Charge port
CHARGE PORT
Headlights
HEADLIGHTS
Dashboard
DASHBOARD
Test pad
DRIVE SYSTEM EMPTY — BUILD IT
Loading the garage…

⭐ Finish the car for +60 XP and up to 3 stars. When it's alive, the dashboard starts and stops the car, and tapping the headlights flips the beams on and off.

✈️ Build the Plane — Wire a Small Airplane

Same hands-on game — wings this time

A small plane is just flying electrics: tap a part in the tray, then tap where it goes. Battery → starter → alternator → bus cable → avionics, nav lights, landing light — then flip the master switch in the cockpit and watch the prop spin, the instruments light up, and the nav lights blink.

Step 1 of 11
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
Pick a tool or part from the tray to start.
MAIN BUS RUN
Battery bay
BATTERY
Starter
STARTER
Alternator
ALTERNATOR
Bus cable
Avionics
AVIONICS
Nav lights
NAV LIGHTS
Landing light
LANDING LIGHT
Test pad
ELECTRICAL BUS EMPTY — BUILD IT
Loading the hangar…

⭐ Finish the plane for +60 XP and up to 3 stars. When it's alive, tap the avionics to flip the master off and on, and tap the landing light to toggle its beam.

📱 Build the Phone — Assemble a Cell Phone

Same hands-on game — pocket size

A phone is a tiny electrical system you hold in one hand. Build the open phone on the left — tap a part in the tray, then tap its slot — battery, motherboard, flex cable, camera, speaker, charging port — fit the screen on the right, then press the power button and watch it light up.

Step 1 of 10
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
Pick a tool or part from the tray to start.
FLEX CABLE RUN
Board slot
MOTHERBOARD
Battery slot
BATTERY
Camera
CAMERA
Speaker
SPEAKER
USB-C port
USB-C PORT
Screen
9:41
SCREEN
Flex cable
Test pad
Power
PHONE DEAD — BUILD IT
Loading the workbench…

⭐ Finish the phone for +60 XP and up to 3 stars. When it's on, tap the power button to turn the screen off and on, and tap the screen to blank it and wake it again.

🏗️ 40 Builds — Build It, Then Watch It Work

40 machines to wire up — every one comes alive when you finish

Pick any build below. They all play the same hands-on way as Build the House: tools and parts in the tray on the side, tap or drag each part onto the board, step by step. Right spot snaps in green; wrong spot sparks red and tells you why. 💡 Hint gives the exact next step and 👁️ Help makes the right part and spot glow. And the best part: when you finish, the machine really works — the car, truck and bus drive off, the plane, drone and rocket fly away, the boat sails, the robot walks, the motor and turbine spin, the elevator rides up and down, and the solar house and smart home light up. Every build is worth +60 XP and up to 3 stars. Builds 1–4 are the full-size House, Car, Plane and Phone games above — the other 36 play right here in the Build Bench below.

Built: 0 / 40 · ★ 0 / 120

🔧 Build Bench — pick a build above to start

The bench is ready. Choose any of builds 5–40 above and its tools, parts and board load here. Build in order — power source first, then the core, cable, features, a torque check and a safety test — then hit the power switch and watch it work.

Pick a build above
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
Pick a build from the grid above to load the bench.
POWER CABLE RUN
Power source
Core
Feature
Feature
Power cable
Test pad
Power switch
POWER
BENCH EMPTY — PICK A BUILD ABOVE
The Build Bench is ready — pick a build from the grid above.

⭐ Finish a build for +60 XP and up to 3 stars — a clean run with no sparks earns all 3. When it's alive, tap the power switch to turn the machine off and on again and watch the finale replay.

☀️ Solar Projects — Solar Power in Six Forms

Realistic hands-on solar builds — same sun, six different jobs

Solar panels get used in a lot of different ways — on a house roof feeding the grid, off-grid at a cabin, on an RV, charging a car, in a fold-up kit you can carry, and across a whole solar farm. Build all six the hands-on way: tools and parts in the tray on the side, tap or drag each part onto the board, step by step. Right spot snaps in green; wrong spot sparks red and tells you why — including decoy parts that teach you what does not belong in a solar system. 💡 Hint gives the exact next step and 👁️ Help makes the right part and spot glow. And every project ends the way it should: switch it on and watch the system actually run — sun shining, power flowing through the wires, batteries charging, meters moving, and the thing it powers coming alive. Every project is worth +60 XP and up to 3 stars.

Solar projects built: 0 / 6 · ★ 0 / 18

🔆 Solar Bench — pick a project above to start

The bench is ready. Choose any of the six solar projects above and its tools, parts and board load here. Every build follows the real power chain — panels first, then the gear that turns raw sunshine into usable power, a torque check and a safety test — then you switch the system on and watch it run.

Pick a project above
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
Pick a solar project from the grid above to load the bench.
SOLAR CABLE RUN
Panels
Power gear
Part
Part
Solar cable
Test pad
System switch
SWITCH ON
SOLAR BENCH EMPTY — PICK A PROJECT ABOVE
The Solar Bench is ready — pick a project from the grid above.

⭐ Finish a project for +60 XP and up to 3 stars — a clean run with no sparks earns all 3. When the system is live, tap the system switch to shut it down and start it again and watch the finale replay.

🗣️ Talking Builds — Machines That Talk Back

Build them, switch them on — and they talk to you out loud

Two special builds that speak out loud when you finish them. Build the Talking Smart House and it greets you, reports its lights, solar charging, door locks and power — in a real voice, with its words in a speech bubble on screen. Build the Talking Smart Car and it tells you its systems are ready and its battery is charged… then it drives off. Same hands-on play: tools and parts in the tray, tap or drag each part into place, instant right-or-wrong feedback, 💡 Hint and 👁️ Help. Each build is worth +60 XP and up to 3 stars. Voices use your browser's built-in speech — tap the 🔊 Voice button any time to turn the sound off or back on.

Talking builds built: 0 / 2 · ★ 0 / 6  

🗣️ Talking Bench — pick a build above to start

The bench is ready. Pick the Talking Smart House or the Talking Smart Car above and its tools, parts and board load here. Build it in order, run the safety test, then switch it on — and listen.

Pick a build above
Holding: nothing — pick a tool or part
Pick a talking build from the grid above to load the bench.
Smart House
POWER CABLE RUN
Part
Part
Part
Part
Power cable
Test pad
Power switch
POWER
TALKING BENCH EMPTY — PICK A BUILD ABOVE
The Talking Bench is ready — pick a build from the grid above.

⭐ Finish a build for +60 XP and up to 3 stars — a clean run with no sparks earns all 3. When it's alive, tap the power switch to turn it off and on, tap 🗣️ Hear it talk to hear it speak again, and use 🔊 Voice to mute or unmute the voices.

Build Real Things

Use what you learn to put together EVs, smart homes & smart cars

🚗 Build an Electric Car (Go-Kart Scale)

Battery packMotor controllerDC motorThrottleFuse + kill switch
  1. Mount motor and controller — keep high-current wires short and thick.
  2. Wire Battery + → Fuse → Controller B+; Battery − → Controller B−.
  3. Wire Controller M+ / M− → Motor. Add throttle (3 wires: 5V, ground, signal).
  4. Test wheels off the ground with the Multimeter tool first.

🏠 Build a Smart Home Room

Smart switchMotion sensorSmart bulbHub / Wi-FiNeutral wire
  1. Power OFF at breaker, test dead. Smart switches need Line, Load, Neutral + Ground.
  2. Wire Line → Smart Switch, Switch → Light, Sensor talks to the hub by radio.
  3. Rule you set: “If motion after dark → light on for 5 minutes.”
  4. Restore power, pair in the app, test the rule by walking past.

🚙 Make a Car “Smart”

OBD-II reader12V USB hubDash sensorFused tap
  1. Find a fused 12V tap — never tap an airbag or ECU fuse.
  2. Wire Fused Tap → USB Hub → Sensor/Camera. Ground to clean bare metal.
  3. Route wires behind trim, away from pedals and airbags.
  4. Test: key ON = device on, key OFF = device off (no battery drain).

☀️ Smart Solar Home

PanelsCharge controllerBatteryInverterSmart panel
  1. Size from your loads first (see Solar world + Field Guide).
  2. Controller → Battery first, then Panels → Controller, then Battery → Inverter.
  3. Smart panel watches use and shifts big loads to sunny hours.

🌐 Your Country, Your Wires

Voltage, wire colours & code change by country — the game updates with your pick above

🇺🇸 United States — NEC (NFPA 70)

Voltage / Frequency120/240V · 60Hz
Live / HotBlack / Red
NeutralWhite
Earth / GroundGreen / Bare

Safety names differ too: GFCI (US) = RCD (Europe/UK/Australia) — same life-saving job, different label. The game uses your country's word.

💳 Pay & Play — Every Country

Free to play everywhere. When you go Pro, the price shows in your currency (estimate, one-time — no subscription):

Pro: $9.99  ·  Master Bundle: $19.99

Language, wire colours, voltage, code book, and currency all follow the two pickers at the top — so a player in Berlin, Tokyo, São Paulo, or Texas each gets the version that matches their home.

⚡ Daily Challenge — Thu, Nov 5

The 2023 Code Catch-Up: a GFCI rule changed in the latest code cycle. Play today's challenge to stay current — new challenge every day, bonus XP, and it keeps your streak alive.

+50 XPbonus today

Endless Lab

The game that never runs out — learn forever

♾️ Circuit Lab — Endless Mode

Finished a world? The Lab keeps dealing random challenges from every world — calculations, wire-matching, fault-finding, and switch puzzles — for as long as you want to play. Rounds played this session: 0

🗺️ The road never ends

  • Rank ladder: Spark → Apprentice → Journeyman → Wire Master → Master Electrician
  • Daily challenges rotate through new faults, calculations, and code updates
  • Code Update Packs add fresh challenges every code cycle (see Code Library)
  • Coming packs: EV Chargers & Home Batteries · Smart Panels · Generators & Transfer Switches
  • Replay any challenge to turn 1 star into 3 — mastery, not just completion

Field Guide

The cheat-sheets pros actually use — free for everyone, forever

A printable one-pager: Ohm's Law, wire colors, breaker pairing, car voltages, solar sizing, and the key NEC 2023 articles from the Code Library.

⚡ Ohm's Law & Power

V = I × Rvolts = amps × ohms
I = V ÷ Ramps = volts ÷ ohms
P = V × Iwatts = volts × amps
kWhwatts × hours ÷ 1,000 — what you pay for

🏠 House Wire Colors (US)

Black / RedHot (live, 120V)
WhiteNeutral
Green / BareGround
14 AWG15A circuits · lights
12 AWG20A circuits · kitchens, baths

🚗 Car Electrical (12V)

12.6VBattery, fully charged, engine off
12.2VBattery about half charged
13.8–14.4VEngine running — alternator charging
< 13.5V runSuspect alternator or belt

☀️ Solar Sizing

Daily WhAdd up watts × hours for each load
Panel WDaily Wh ÷ peak sun hours
Battery AhDaily Wh ÷ volts × days of backup
SeriesVoltages add, amps stay the same
ParallelAmps add, voltage stays the same

⛑️ Safety — Non-Negotiable

Kill the breaker and test before you touch — prove the circuit is dead with a meter. Never work on a live panel unless you're a licensed pro. Capacitors can hold a lethal charge after unplugging. Water + electricity = GFCI territory. When in doubt, call a licensed electrician — the game teaches skills, real panels demand respect.

🔧 Troubleshooting Order

1. Power in? (breaker, plug, battery)
2. Protection OK? (fuse, GFCI)
3. Connections tight & clean?
4. Test the load itself
5. Only then blame the board

Code Library

Every rule in the game, tied to its real code article
BASED ON: NFPA 70 · NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE (NEC) 2023 CODE PACK VERSION 2023.3 LAST VERIFIED: NOV 5, 2026 NEWEST PUBLISHED EDITION: NEC 2026 — ADOPTION VARIES BY STATE

Electrical codes update on a 3-year cycle — the NEC is revised every three years, and states adopt new editions on their own schedules, so always confirm your local adoption with your building department (the AHJ). Each card below shows the article, the code year the rule comes from, and a red flag anywhere the rule changed — so you never learn an outdated rule without knowing it.

🔄 Code Update Center

When a new code edition publishes, VoltQuest ships a Code Update Pack — the same way the pros get a new code book:

  • 1 · Diff: every rule is compared article-by-article against the new edition
  • 2 · Flag: changed rules get a red Code changed flag and the old wording is archived, never silently swapped
  • 3 · Re-play bonus: affected challenges re-open with bonus XP so players re-learn what changed
  • 4 · Version bump: the pack version (e.g. 2023.3 → 2026.1) shows on every screen, so you always know what you're learning
Installed pack: 2023.3 — NEC 2023 (edition taught) · Newest published edition: NEC 2026 — Pack 2026 in development

📜 Code cycle timeline

NEC 2017

Baseline edition still in force in a few states. Rules from this era are marked with their year in-game.

NEC 2020 — big safety leap

GFCI protection expanded, surge protection required on dwelling services (230.67), outdoor emergency disconnects for homes (230.85).

NEC 2023 — edition taught ★

Kitchen island receptacle rules rewritten (210.52(C)), GFCI list expanded again (210.8), load-calculation and EV rules updated. This is the edition VoltQuest's current Code Pack teaches, and the most widely adopted edition across the US.

NEC 2026 — newest published, adoption rolling out 👀

The newest edition in the NFPA cycle. States adopt on their own schedules, so many jurisdictions still enforce 2023 (or earlier). Code Pack 2026 is in development: when it ships, it will flag every difference from 2023 — players will see exactly what changed, article by article.

VoltQuest is an educational game, not the official code. The full NEC text is published by the NFPA: nfpa.org — NFPA 70. Local amendments can differ — your AHJ has the final say.

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