Alwayslearningelec
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If you guys have branch in ALL EMT do you run ground wire to each receptacle along with the hot/neutral or use the conduit as EGC? Just a regular 20A duplex.
We pull an EGC if someone is paying for it otherwise no wire type EGC's get pulled.If you guys have branch in ALL EMT do you run ground wire to each receptacle along with the hot/neutral or use the conduit as EGC? Just a regular 20A duplex.
You must be in a place dominated by a lot of lousy electrical work. I did service work for more than 15 years and many of the places I was a regular at had EMT installed in the '60s and '70s and was just fine.I pull a ground wire.
I don't know if I've ever seen a 40-year-old installation that still has all of the joints intact.....
I am, for sure.You must be in a place dominated by a lot of lousy electrical work.
correction meant groundingYour thread title is about grounded/neutral conductors. What you are asking about is Equipment Grounding Conductors.
I don't pull a green in EMT unless specs require it.
so if specYour thread title is about grounded/neutral conductors. What you are asking about is Equipment Grounding Conductors.
I don't pull a green in EMT unless specs require it.
Yesso if spec
read “a separate
grounding conductor to be included for all branch circuits” you’d pull one?
Yes because of people stepping on it and that is what triggered the rule in 440.9 that requires a wire type EGC for rooftop raceway installations where the couplings and connectors are of the compression type.Conduit coming apart really prevalent on older rooftop installations.
Yes because the person paying the bill is paying for the wire type EGC.so if spec
read “a separate
grounding conductor to be included for all branch circuits” you’d pull one?
I am, for sure.
Kansas City area.
Shoddy workmanship in almost every trade.
Can't see it from my house
Looks good from the street
Close enough for government work
But I honestly have always attributed EMT fails to expansion and contraction. You may have a point, though
I wired a house in the Ozarks one time. Just looking at the electrical strewn together in that area, I thought I was driving through a third world country.Expansion / contraction shouldn’t be an issue for EMT, especially indoors.
If you think KC is bad, just head down to the Ozarks!![]()
That's just not true. Is that a Chicago thing? I know Chicago is different but I hope not that different.One other thing. You can't mix and match. If you run an EGC wire you can't switch to conduit midway in the run. It's one or the other.