cowboym1950
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Do you have to be a Licensed electrican to work in bowling lane on electrical equip:grin:
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electricmanscott
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Maybe. 
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and maybe not
cowboy, the NEC does not address licensing issues. It is all Dependant on your local or State government and their rules. The requirements vary from area to area and from the type work you are doing and if you are employed by the bowling alley.
I assume you are speaking of Texas, but if you give a particular location, someone on the Forum might be acquainted with those rules.
cowboy, the NEC does not address licensing issues. It is all Dependant on your local or State government and their rules. The requirements vary from area to area and from the type work you are doing and if you are employed by the bowling alley.
I assume you are speaking of Texas, but if you give a particular location, someone on the Forum might be acquainted with those rules.
kwired
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In most places to do installation work that is permanent part of the building you need to be licensed. Maintenance and repairs where replacing failed components with like components usually does not require licensing. Repairing or replacing appliances, HVAC, or other similar equipment usually doesn't require licensing if not replacing wiring that is a permanent part of the building.
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I bowl and I'll bet that, after the equipment is installed, 90% of the work is done by the maintenance staff.
ptonsparky
Tom
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That is why they have a screwdriver right next to the mop.
hurk27
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I know of repair company's who travel all over the country who specializes in the installation and repair of the machines, and do at times hire locals to pull permits to run the building circuits, but for the most part they handle all the controls or PLC's for the system.
I have done some work in a local alley where all the lighting was controlled by the old GE 4-wire LV (24 volts) relay controls, but never got into the machines themselves.
I have done some work in a local alley where all the lighting was controlled by the old GE 4-wire LV (24 volts) relay controls, but never got into the machines themselves.
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And all this time I thought that was there just to tighten the handle on the mop.:grin:
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That's pretty common for most complex widespread machinery. Printing presses is another good example. I have a couple of good printer customers and I do control work on a number of their ancillary machines, as well as overall power and lighting etc. But I would not touch one of those complex control systems on the web presses themselves with a 10' pole. Not because I couldn't eventually figure it out, but because my learning curve would piss off an otherwise good customer and that industry is all about up-time. If I took an extra day to figure out what the heck was supposed to be happening, their down time would cost them 5X what they would save by not calling in the Pros From Dover. But one specialist company that has local techs does not have a license, so I have to have to do any permitted work (if they need that).
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