Scrap-Wire Reality Poll... with the Poll!

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Scrap-Wire Reality Poll... with the Poll!

  • Forget about it, and hope the homeowner never notices...

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Use those 3 pieces of scrap 6/3 Romexes and "junction-splice" away!

    Votes: 6 33.3%

  • Ask the homeowner if you can finish when he gets back.

    Votes: 2 11.1%

  • Go to that nearest place... 50 miles away.

    Votes: 10 55.6%
  • Total voters
    18
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lunalilo

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Taking into consideration what the NEC allows versus does not allow, answer the following scenario:

You are finishing a residential wiring job, the homeowners went on vacation for a month, and the tenants are moving in tomorrow.

You're late on the due date, over budget, and your planning on going to your son's final game of the season in a few hours... you need one last 50 foot run from the homeowners panel to their beautiful new stainless-steel range...
 
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I sure as thunder don't drive around with bite-sized chunks of 6-3 NM in the back, so I guess I'm driving to the supply house, kicking myself for not measuring the darned thing right on my first four trips. That's why I have a half-dozen chunks of 6-3 between 5 and 10 feet long in the barn, waiting to recycle.

Seriously, do we need a second thread like this? :roll:
 
I would tell the owner that, unfortunately, they are gonna have to get a gas range because the POCO just informed me that they ran out of amps.

Pete
 
Why wasn't the range circuit installed during rough-in? I could see where it wasn't if the run is short and the path is easily accessible (ie, the range is right above the panel in the basement). Otherwise, it's pee-poor planning.

If it's a change-order this late in the game, I have them sign the paperwork authorized the work, then I'm leaving for the ball game. I'll make arrangements to come back with the proper material at a later date.

My answer is "E".
 
Was very poor planning on your part. Had you simply misjudged the run and were 10 feet short i could see making 1 splice . Why should the customer get less of a perfect job because of your mistake ? I might tell customer of the problem and do this as a temporary fix and schedule to return and replace it with 1 piece and at no charge to him. Do you really want another electrician to laugh at your install if they see it ? Your not a handy man your an electrician. We all make mistakes sometimes and simply got to eat them. Last thing i would do is hope they dont see it. Matters not if supply house is a block away or 200 miles. You took the job knowing the distance.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Was very poor planning on your part. Had you simply misjudged the run and were 10 feet short i could see making 1 splice . Why should the customer get less of a perfect job because of your mistake ? I might tell customer of the problem and do this as a temporary fix and schedule to return and replace it with 1 piece and at no charge to him. Do you really want another electrician to laugh at your install if they see it ? Your not a handy man your an electrician. We all make mistakes sometimes and simply got to eat them. Last thing i would do is hope they dont see it. Matters not if supply house is a block away or 200 miles. You took the job knowing the distance.
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Well put , congrats
 
I voted to go to the supply house.

This whole scrap wire thing is a Kobayashi Maru....can someone kill it please? :grin:
 
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