Electrical tape: 33+ or Cheapo?

[t willie]

panel builder/service tech

panel builder/service tech

I like to use cheap tape in a temporary situation. i.e. waiting on a motor to be repaired, marking a wire, on the fish tape, etc. The good stuff should always be used in the final assembly. [/SIZE]

 

[lexkyphil]

As high as labor is, my observation as a consultant on lots of jobs is that the time wasted dealing with cheap tape isn't worth it. The 33 or a similar quality tape pays for itself. On the foreign work, I worked with a hospital chain years ago where we were building in Mexico City. They had no wire nuts or decent tape, so we would fill briefcases with both and smuggle them in via the company jet. Didn't get caught or we all probably would still be guests of the federales.

Phil in Kentucky

 

[izak]

first time ive ever heard of anyone smuggling anything INTO mexico.... hehee

Wirenuts and tape....

thats funny