Volta
Senior Member
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
Hi all,
I have joined to mention a problem I have encountered. We have installed several coils of 12/3 HCFC manufactured by AFC on a current project. We almost missed the fact that insulation on the red conductor is damaged in some places. There is a cut lengthwise that varies from simply scoring the nylon jacket to fully slicing the insulation.
I spoke with AFC's quality control department Wednesday, and they were not aware of the problem.
I brought a sample back to my distributor, and we walked to the (nearly empty!) pallet and found the same problem on another roll.
Today the wholesaler told me that they found the problem on the red of a 10/3 roll too. I do not know yet how far reaching this will be, what plant the cable is from, or if a coil that looks ok on the ends really is allright throughout the entire length. Please look closely at any (12+10/4 also?) that you are to use before installing, or even that which has been put in recently.
I hope this is a small batch. . .
I have joined to mention a problem I have encountered. We have installed several coils of 12/3 HCFC manufactured by AFC on a current project. We almost missed the fact that insulation on the red conductor is damaged in some places. There is a cut lengthwise that varies from simply scoring the nylon jacket to fully slicing the insulation.
I spoke with AFC's quality control department Wednesday, and they were not aware of the problem.
I brought a sample back to my distributor, and we walked to the (nearly empty!) pallet and found the same problem on another roll.
Today the wholesaler told me that they found the problem on the red of a 10/3 roll too. I do not know yet how far reaching this will be, what plant the cable is from, or if a coil that looks ok on the ends really is allright throughout the entire length. Please look closely at any (12+10/4 also?) that you are to use before installing, or even that which has been put in recently.
I hope this is a small batch. . .
