You're all wrong. He was standing in a bathroom when he took the picture.
Both wrong..... there's no cover on that panel!No thats not it - He was standing in a bedroom closet.
You're all wrong. He was standing in a bathroom when he took the picture.
Both wrong..... there's no cover on that panel!No thats not it - He was standing in a bedroom closet.
He always leaves us hanging doesnt he??
If i was inspecting and seen the colors in wrong (normal) order it would send a red flag as to check everything. Sorta says guy with little 3 phase exsperiance did job. Panels are usually made up by your best man. The job is far from nice looking and if my boss ever seen work like that --------------------------- lets not even go there.
Phase rotation was my first thought, but as long as they were in the same order at the other end, well, it just looks bad.
The utility company around here uses this color scheme. They are just getting around to changing to blk red blue. So, many still themselves use the utility scheme. Color of conductors rarely gets my attention like other items, such as the connectors :grin:
Around here, if A phase were blue, every branch circuit conductor #8 and less landing on A phase had better be factory blue. We use a lot of blue MC here, but sometimes there is a two-day lead time on 12/3 MC blue/red or blue/black.
Around here, if A phase were blue, every branch circuit conductor #8 and less landing on A phase had better be factory blue. We use a lot of blue MC here, but sometimes there is a two-day lead time on 12/3 MC blue/red or blue/black.
Incidentally, the color code for Austin Energy, the local POCO, is red, black, blue. So I'm OK with blue being A phase.
I would like to see grouping even if 2008 isn't in effect. I've already started doing that in my panels here.
If that's an actual local requirement I'm glad that I don't work there because that borders on ridiculous.
I agree.
I have never had to use any MC that had any other colors than the standard Black, White, Red (3wire) Blue (4wire) and Green for any voltage.
Pierre is under the 2005 if I recall correctly.
My guess is that he is pointing out the connectors for some of those MCs are incorrect.:smile:
We had a couple of jobs with CES that had color MC, S&S Raynham and one of Gary Cs jobs.
A major PITA with both 480Y/277 and 208Y/120 in the building. Needed Brown/Gray, Orange/Gray, Yellow/Gray, Brown/Orange/Yellow/Gray, do it again with Black Red Blue White. :roll:
I am sure no one cheated at the end when we ran out of the right color. :roll:
Was it spec-ed that way or was it the foreman's choice to use a new product?
That kind of product seems good at the beginning of the job, but near the end you end up using whatever is left and the color coding goes out the window.
Just curious as to what the concern is. I was always under the impression that as long as it was a "clamp-down" type connector and not one that uses a screw to hold the armor jacket in place that it was suitable for MC. Somehow we got off on proper wire color codes here when you intention was to attract comments on the connectors. Please enlighten us (or me, if I'm the only one).Pierre C Belarge said:I was primarily concerned about the MC connectors.