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Recent threads have brought up the prohibition against accepted wiring methods in different occupancies. No AC or MC for example. What would be the rationale ?
Recent threads have brought up the prohibition against accepted wiring methods in different occupancies. No AC or MC for example. What would be the rationale ?
Among other (e.g. labor) reasons, is the penchant for rodents to gnaw on the type of PVC used in electrical wiring insulation.why does Chicago ban romex in single family houses?
Among other (e.g. labor) reasons, is the penchant for rodents to gnaw on the type of PVC used in electrical wiring insulation.
Chicago, the city, burned down.
why does Chicago ban romex in single family houses?
why does Chicago ban romex in single family houses?
Conduit costs more labor time to install, and employs more skilled people. The unions are very strong in Chicago. Not trying to start a flame war; that's how the local amendment to code was explained to me when I lived and worked in Chicago. The prohibition on Romex also extended to the Chicago suburbs as well, as far as I could ever tell.
Only a change that occurred in the last .... ~10 years or so.I would guess that NYC has millions of rats and they allow AC, MC cable, and for single family dwellings NM cable.
They would chew Armorlite MC as well since they like to grind their teeth down on it. I know they love aluminum and copper conductor too. Not sure what they would do with Duraclad but its not like it is very thick.Among other (e.g. labor) reasons, is the penchant for rodents to gnaw on the type of PVC used in electrical wiring insulation.
But is easy to fish RMC?Fishing EMT through walls does get tedious.
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What change, the different wiring methods or there wasn't any rats until about 10 years ago?Only a change that occurred in the last .... ~10 years or so.
are there no rats in the rest of the country?
black+white+red+blue with bare ground is available.That's why even today there's no '3-phase' NM.
black+white+red+blue with bare ground is available.
That's why even today there's no '3-phase' NM, or any attempt to rate the stuff for higher voltages