I've never seen anything like this in my life wow...
Plumbing pipe used as electrical conduit?
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ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
Arranged to drain?
n1ist
Senior Member
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Occupation
- Principal Electrical Engineer
I have also seen old buildings where the lighting circuits were pulled thru the old gas lighting pipes as a retrofit. One still had the gas supply connected (but turned off at a valve).
Jpflex
Electrician big leagues
- Location
- Victorville
- Occupation
- Electrician commercial and residential
Tell him to watch out that black iron piping will give him the black lung
Jpflex
Electrician big leagues
- Location
- Victorville
- Occupation
- Electrician commercial and residential
Jpflex
Electrician big leagues
- Location
- Victorville
- Occupation
- Electrician commercial and residential
What would the inspector do if this work were already done. Would he make the plumbing pipe be removed for the entire run?
- Location
- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
I would and if the piping was metallic, I might require that the conductors be replaced too.
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer
I HATE plumbing and will pay the man who will do it for me. I had to do it a lot when I worked for my Dad in high school and when I was broke and needed extra cash. Hated every minute of it.
Carpenters work a LOT cheaper than I do! I love working with wood, so if someone wants me to build them something, I'll do it, just at my regular rates.
I had a house in Seattle built in 1910 that was down the street from a gasworks plant, so all the homes, which were originally built for the plant workers, were lit by gas My house was built without electrical wiring at all, so it was wired in the 20s or 30s and they did in fact use the old black iron gas piping for the light fixture wiring. Some of it was 3/8ths! That was fun to fix anything...
Carpenters work a LOT cheaper than I do! I love working with wood, so if someone wants me to build them something, I'll do it, just at my regular rates.
I had a house in Seattle built in 1910 that was down the street from a gasworks plant, so all the homes, which were originally built for the plant workers, were lit by gas My house was built without electrical wiring at all, so it was wired in the 20s or 30s and they did in fact use the old black iron gas piping for the light fixture wiring. Some of it was 3/8ths! That was fun to fix anything...
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LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
I've worked in older houses that had been converted to electrical lighting, and the gas was still active at the plugged pipes at the light fixtures.
mtnelect
HVAC & Electrical Contractor
- Location
- Southern California
- Occupation
- Contractor, C10 & C20 - Semi Retired
jmellc
Senior Member
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Occupation
- Facility Maintenance Tech. Licensed Electrician
I've seen so much crap that none of this would even get my notice any more. Sad, isn't it?
mtnelect
HVAC & Electrical Contractor
- Location
- Southern California
- Occupation
- Contractor, C10 & C20 - Semi Retired
jmellc
Senior Member
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Occupation
- Facility Maintenance Tech. Licensed Electrician
Seen that a few times too.
