emahler said:why didn't the EC install conduits underground for phone and cable when they dug up for the service? low bid rules![]()
Because the cable & telecos won't pay us to do it.
emahler said:why didn't the EC install conduits underground for phone and cable when they dug up for the service? low bid rules![]()
480sparky said:Because the cable & telecos won't pay us to do it.
emahler said:power company won't pay us to do it for the service either....here the customer paid for all of it...why not add a few hundred $ and put the 2 extra conduits in the ground (this job was about 80' from the pole to the house), the phone and cable company will pull the wire through for little or no cost...
the power company does nothing but connect the wires we pull at the pole...
BryanMD said:When the EC called the telco and catv companies they were told to set a 4" for each plus a spare?
electricguy said:This one was a bit of a PITA as there wasn't much room for proper meter height so the mast is beside the meter socket and the riser is EMT. the mast is bolted to the structure in 3 places. the riser is strapped with lag bolts.
Tiger Electrical said:I'll confess that I have no knowledge of the history of the change in receptacle orientation. They were installed vertically-ground-down until about 1975, then went to the configuration in the picture. It's been monkey-see, monkey-do since then. If I did it an ANY other orientation I'd be the joke at the party..."Yea Guy, you got a great EC, but he put the outlets in wrong!"
In this area we plug our plugs all the way in (I personally use nylon covers) and don't hang sheet metal scraps loosely on the wall above our outlets, so we don't have the safety issues some of the other ECs complain about.
Dave
brantmacga said:i thought you guys put them in sideways to reduce the number of elbows in your pipe. straight out and on to the next one as opposed to 180? of bend between receps.
aline said:I'm thinking of using this baby for all my service upgrades from now on.
I could load enough material on this baby to do a whole city block at once.
I could stop by the rescue mission on the way and load it up with some day workers.
Mass production that's the key to being able to lower my price and become more competative.
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romexking said:You can't just compare price without know the specifics the installation.
emahler said:if they put them in a 1900 box (Raco 192 or equivilent) they use a mudring...the orientation of the device has nothing to do with the pipe work...you can come in to the box on any side...
this of course would only be if you were using standard metal device boxes and not 4" squares.
satcom said:Some say 6 to 9 months, we hope, you missed the deal of a lifetime at the MCI auction they had plenty of scissor lifts. But just stand by, there should be mort to come, all those low baller EC's are finally sinking.
celtic said:Is it wrong to want to know?
emahler said:as long as in this case by "know" you mean "never get a straight answer and only get the run around"...then you might 'know'...but if you are looking for the truth, you are better off going to a convention of liars...