Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

[physis]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

I agree with Bennie, energizing an incompleted cicuit is a bad idea.

I also know if I cut a water pipe it wouldn't be the plumbers problem.

I use a roto-zip myself for lights on existing drywall. I always check what's on the other side of the wall (or ceiling usually).

Nick,
Your just using undersized blank plates without devices then?

 

[caj1962]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

Like all of you have said big hammers for those boxes as yet oncovered and back charges to the GC. I also tell the rockers every wire is hot. It takes a little time but knowing somw of these guys i will wire nut the hots individually during rough in and turn all the breakers in the panel on.(whether they have a conductor landed on them or not)I know I shouldn't be this way but some times life is tough. Just glad the good Lord gave me enough smarts and talent that I don't have to be a drywaller.

 

[bennie]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

The last residential job I was on, the sheetrockers were Hells Angels. When I showed them pictures of my 1946 Hog, I was OK. We worked good together.

Energizing unprotected conductors can be a career ending event. Think about a child playing on the project after work hours.

No, I can find the boxes.

 

[iwire]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

Originally posted by caj1962:
i will wire nut the hots individually during rough in and turn all the breakers in the panel on.

Originally posted by caj1962:
Just glad the good Lord gave me enough smarts

These statements are contradictory to each other.

Intentionally setting someone up for a 120 volt shock is nothing to be proud of, and does not demonstrate reasoning abilities above the average teenager.

By doing this you could kill someone, or if you are lucky just a lawsuit and OSHA fines.

 

[Nick]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

Did you ever hear of the shop owner in Florida who kept getting robbed over and over. The thieves were getting in from the roof down a shaft I believe. Well, fed up he couldn?t stop them he energized some metal grate (IF I remember corectly) with a 120V circuit. That night a thief came in and was killed by the ?trap? the man set. He is probably still in jail. Do your self a favor.Leave the circuits off.

 

[physis]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

What Bennie says about children is a sobering thought, at least to me. A GC I worked for for about a year had a two year old boy. After work sometimes his wife would come, with his boy, to get together or go somewhere. We'ld all hang around a while sometimes (once we drank a beer)and the boy would play with things (beleive me, it wasn't child abuse). I was always extra carefull with things when he was around. But you don't know what's going happen when your not there.

 

[monkey]

Re: Roto-Zips & sheetrockers

I heard some guys leave a loop outside the box about an extra six inches, then when the sheetrockers are done you can pull in more cable.
Brian