mstrlucky74
Senior Member
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- NJ
On larger projects is all wire usually ordered color coded?
Color coded wire
- Thread starter mstrlucky74
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In my experience, no.
Infinity and iwire have posted several pictures of "larger" wire projects with color coded wires... but I have never seen any like those up close and in person.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
IMO it depends on the particulars of the project. On our current building we're wiring about 200 college dorms that are electrically identical. This made a color coded system very useful since no conductor identification was required in the field. We used the Southwire SIM-pull barrel system. Made for pulling repetitive home runs idiot proof. Only problem we had was that if the barrels got wet they fell apart. 
hmy:
http://www.southwire.com/documents/Southwire_ECM_POYweb.pdf
hmy:
http://www.southwire.com/documents/Southwire_ECM_POYweb.pdf
curt swartz
Electrical Contractor - San Jose, CA
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- San Jose, CA
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- Electrical Contractor
At least 3 of my primary supply houses stock the most common sizes THHN/THWN through 600 in 9 colors. It is becoming pretty common to see most project with colored feeders instead of phase tape.
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
Are you asking about feeders/service conductors or branch circuit conductors or both?
mstrlucky74
Senior Member
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- NJ
Both. Wires need to be identified in Pullboxes and panels per NEC with either tape or color coding right?
Volta
Senior Member
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- Columbus, Ohio
With some exceptions, only if there is more than one voltage system present.
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
If there are no splices or taps in the pull box, they don't need identified, just like when in a conduit body
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- Massachusetts
Or other means, tags, Brady markers etc. it does not have to be by color.
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