frizbeedog
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Anyone have a good reason why we can't use white tape for identifiation for #6 and smaller?
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chris kennedy
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frizbeedog said:
Because South Wire says so.
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- Massachusetts
Probably because there is no good reason to allow it?
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
frizbeedog said:
I think it is because white is available in the smaller sizes.
frizbeedog
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Dennis Alwon said:
Depends on how far out of town you are?
....and you gotta git-r-done.
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frizbeedog said:Depends on how far out of town you are?
....and you gotta git-r-done.
Let me tell you a secret-- I have used white tape on #8 and #6 before but don't tell anyway.
How are frizbeedogs eyes doing.:grin:
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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The real secret is that he put so much white tape on a #8 that it looked like a #4.Dennis Alwon said:
Shhh!
frizbeedog
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Dennis Alwon said:
Seeing twice as much food in the bowl. :wink:
Dennis Alwon said:
White's available in a lot of sizes, it's just that paying somebody to stock all of that additional white wire from #4 on up would be an extra cost that somebody would end up paying a lot for. So as far as why the cost-of-inventory vs. color coding tradeoff occurs between #4 and #6 I have no idea.
Karl H
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Hey at least it has white tape to identify the conductors.How about following
a Hack EC that seems to think using white phase tape is too expensive and seems to cost too much in labor to wrap even a single wrap of white phase
tape on a grounded conductor.The funny thing is the same customers
that hired him to "Install" also hire me to "Fix". I'm pretty sure I'm gonna
win in the end. lol But, then again he's saving alot of money on tape.
a Hack EC that seems to think using white phase tape is too expensive and seems to cost too much in labor to wrap even a single wrap of white phase
tape on a grounded conductor.The funny thing is the same customers
that hired him to "Install" also hire me to "Fix". I'm pretty sure I'm gonna
win in the end. lol But, then again he's saving alot of money on tape.
frizbeedog
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coulter said:
Yes!
There must be a reason. It's in the book.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Electrical Contractor
That's no reason.frizbeedog said:
It's like my dad saying "Because I said so!"
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frizbeedog said:
Why are are any conductors required to be white?
sandsnow
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Here's another secret: I've signed off on jobs with conductors under #6 taped white. Now I have to go into hiding.
Twoskinsoneman
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iwire said:
Does anyone know of any request to change the rule that have been shot down?
Karl H said:Hey at least it has white tape to identify the conductors.How about following
a Hack EC that seems to think using white phase tape is too expensive and seems to cost too much in labor to wrap even a single wrap of white phase
tape on a grounded conductor.The funny thing is the same customers
that hired him to "Install" also hire me to "Fix". I'm pretty sure I'm gonna
win in the end. lol But, then again he's saving alot of money on tape.
I had a guy wrap his black neutrals with duct tape.
Extra kudos for creativity !
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