mmurphy
Member
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Occupation
- Industrial Electrician
Here is what I deal with at work. Picture Below:
I know this is completely wrong. I have voiced my opinion, strongly mind you, the conduit needs rerouted. To the maintenance manager, and supposedly the master electrician, who originally installed it.
(Side note: They both say they are Master Electricians, licensed from the Stare of Pa, However, the State of Pennsylvania, does not have a Master Electrician License from the Department of Labor and Industry, is this 1000% true????)
Now, understandable, this was installed 20 to 30 years ago. The forethought, should have been given, that eventually this problem could have occurred at some point. So why install conduit so close to a location that this could eventually happen??
The conduit is just good ole, 3/4 emt. So today, the same problem occurred again. The cables inside where melted together again, and instead of fixing the problem the right way the first time. This is how the Master Electrician(s) decided to fix it: Picture below:
They put some, insulation around it. Which mind you, is reaching temperature(s) of 360 degrees within 30 minutes.
Again, voicing my opinion; to no avail, said” this is going to fail again, at some point”.
Guess what, it did, two days later. And again new wire was pulled. This time, the wire melted, within the same day as the new wire being pulled.
So the supposed, Master Electricians, just put more insulation around the conduit.
I swear, this is a huge frustration of mine. Just band aid things over, that are to be either corrected, fixed, or correctly installed right the first time.
By the way, spend money on stupid things, like a security badge reader, on 4 doors, inside the maintenance shop. Supposedly to stop others from taking the nuts and bolts, and or tools. It costs about 4k in price. Mind you a good old Master Lock would do the same, much cheaper too.
But, don’t spend the money on what actually needs to be be addressed, corrected, and or fixed correctly not just half assed.
If possible, does anyone know of any code references, (can’t seem to find any at the moment, along with, a good way to talk to the big boss about this and some other problems. He is open to my suggestions. As where I came from, was a true industrial electrician company, not self taught, (which there is nothing wrong with that, all well and good) I was formally taught, along with went through an apprenticeship program, and have my JM card from a neighboring state.
There is a lot of potential here to make things better, though it seems, some people have either given up, or like to talk out there arse.
I know this is completely wrong. I have voiced my opinion, strongly mind you, the conduit needs rerouted. To the maintenance manager, and supposedly the master electrician, who originally installed it.
(Side note: They both say they are Master Electricians, licensed from the Stare of Pa, However, the State of Pennsylvania, does not have a Master Electrician License from the Department of Labor and Industry, is this 1000% true????)
Now, understandable, this was installed 20 to 30 years ago. The forethought, should have been given, that eventually this problem could have occurred at some point. So why install conduit so close to a location that this could eventually happen??
The conduit is just good ole, 3/4 emt. So today, the same problem occurred again. The cables inside where melted together again, and instead of fixing the problem the right way the first time. This is how the Master Electrician(s) decided to fix it: Picture below:
They put some, insulation around it. Which mind you, is reaching temperature(s) of 360 degrees within 30 minutes.
Again, voicing my opinion; to no avail, said” this is going to fail again, at some point”.
Guess what, it did, two days later. And again new wire was pulled. This time, the wire melted, within the same day as the new wire being pulled.
So the supposed, Master Electricians, just put more insulation around the conduit.
I swear, this is a huge frustration of mine. Just band aid things over, that are to be either corrected, fixed, or correctly installed right the first time.
By the way, spend money on stupid things, like a security badge reader, on 4 doors, inside the maintenance shop. Supposedly to stop others from taking the nuts and bolts, and or tools. It costs about 4k in price. Mind you a good old Master Lock would do the same, much cheaper too.
But, don’t spend the money on what actually needs to be be addressed, corrected, and or fixed correctly not just half assed.
If possible, does anyone know of any code references, (can’t seem to find any at the moment, along with, a good way to talk to the big boss about this and some other problems. He is open to my suggestions. As where I came from, was a true industrial electrician company, not self taught, (which there is nothing wrong with that, all well and good) I was formally taught, along with went through an apprenticeship program, and have my JM card from a neighboring state.
There is a lot of potential here to make things better, though it seems, some people have either given up, or like to talk out there arse.
