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I'm doing work at a larger factory (maybe 300,000 Sq ft) and started noticing things that aren't to code. I brought it up to the foreman and he pretty much said how else we going to do it. Here's a list of some of the things and I'm pretty sure they are common violations and the code needs updating. I appreciate your guys opinions.
When doing a 480v drop from a bus duct we run emt from bus to joists that are about 6 feet away, then drop rigid 25 feet until it's next support.
When running perpendicular across the joists they are 6 feet away so technically we need a code keeper to go from box to next joist. We don't use them there.
Troughs above panels that have way more than 30 wires crossing before going up to their respective pipes. I think the inspector just looks at these like j boxes because the wires mainly go straight through the troughs short ways.
There were a couple pieces of emt going up 15 feet before support, foreman said owner was a cheap ***
That's all I can think of, have a nice weekend
When doing a 480v drop from a bus duct we run emt from bus to joists that are about 6 feet away, then drop rigid 25 feet until it's next support.
When running perpendicular across the joists they are 6 feet away so technically we need a code keeper to go from box to next joist. We don't use them there.
Troughs above panels that have way more than 30 wires crossing before going up to their respective pipes. I think the inspector just looks at these like j boxes because the wires mainly go straight through the troughs short ways.
There were a couple pieces of emt going up 15 feet before support, foreman said owner was a cheap ***
That's all I can think of, have a nice weekend
