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I'm going to New Orleans with Rebuilding Together http://www.rebuildingtogether.org to aid them in rewiring some homes. I work in New Jersey. I was wondering if there is any electrical codes specific to New Orleans that I should be aware of? Will I be OK wiring the homes in New Orleans the same way that I do in New Jersey? I don't have all of the details of the trip yet. Hopefully we will have a local electrician around to show us the way that the locals do it.

Ron
 
fracas666 said:
I'm going to New Orleans with Rebuilding Together http://www.rebuildingtogether.org to aid them in rewiring some homes. I work in New Jersey. I was wondering if there is any electrical codes specific to New Orleans that I should be aware of? Will I be OK wiring the homes in New Orleans the same way that I do in New Jersey? I don't have all of the details of the trip yet. Hopefully we will have a local electrician around to show us the way that the locals do it.

Ron
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They need all the help they can get.Nice of you to be willing.
 
All the work I've been doing in New Orleans has been to NEC 2005. Of course, if you're working in the Lower 9th Ward, everything counts as a wet location :D

There are some interesting rules in place to facilitate rewiring as many buildings as possible, but they have to do with the final inspection process. You'll be able to find out about these whenever you get there. Much of the work you'll be replacing is older than dirt. Best approach is to mark what was where, then rip it out and replace, bringing it up to code as you go.
 
I worked on four homes in the Holy Cross section of the Lower Ninth Ward. Yes, the whole place should be considered a wet location.

I shouldn't have worried about doing the wiring the same as the locals. Even some supposedly upgraded work was not done to current codes. Everything we did was much better than what was there before.

Those people need a lot of help. I was amazed at the destruction, lack of clean up, and lack of rebuilding a year later. It will be a long time before that place is back to normal, if ever. There are a lot of people taking advantage of some people's lack of construction and business knowledge. They take most of the homeowner's money and leave them with little in return.

Here is a link to a press release about our visit.
http://prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb449501.htm
 
fracas666 said:
I worked on four homes in the Holy Cross section of the Lower Ninth Ward. Yes, the whole place should be considered a wet location.
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Thanks for coming and I'm sorry I missed you.
 
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