Rough Wire New Home
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readydave8
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- Clarkesville, Georgia
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- electrician
back in the early 80's Athens Georgia had, in their local admendments, one that prohibited soldered joints--probably was a reason for that rule but I've always wondered why.
brantmacga
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- Georgia
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- Former Child
Boy, when you quit using black pipe I bet that saved you even more.
Yeh, but not quite as much as when we switched to electric drill motors.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
"What's that green wire doing in this new-fangled BX?"Boy, when you quit using black pipe I bet that saved you even more.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
"What's that noise!?"
growler
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- Atlanta,GA
Boy, when you quit using black pipe I bet that saved you even more.
When I first saw the "black pipe" I had no idea of when it was used or where it came from so I questioned a much older electrician and got the story.
We still have some of the black pipe in the old houses in the down town area. It was first used for gas lighting and I would guess that it was installed by plumbers ( they did the conduit in those days). When the first electrical was installed about all they needed were lighting circuits so instead of running new conduit or opening the walls for Knob and Tube they used the original gas pipes for the electrical wiring to "save" time and expense.
And a few years later they decided they probably should shut the gas off.:grin::grin::grin: Little joke there.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
Other than ceilings, the black pipe I've seen was original for the wiring, and used for exposed sections of K&T whole-house wiring, probably just before the use of BX.
Don't laugh. I've seen fixtures on K&T rewires that were hanging from sealing-type pipe hickeys where the gas was still on.
Power up
Power up
If the rough is parallel pigtailed in plastic boxes, then powering up is uneventful prior to installing devices. If a breaker trips, check the related branch boxes for stowed shorts and sheetrocker roto damage to the insulation. Then the fun begins.... rbj
Power up
If the rough is parallel pigtailed in plastic boxes, then powering up is uneventful prior to installing devices. If a breaker trips, check the related branch boxes for stowed shorts and sheetrocker roto damage to the insulation. Then the fun begins.... rbj
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- Simi Valley, CA
Other than ceilings, the black pipe I've seen was original for the wiring, and used for exposed sections of K&T whole-house wiring, probably just before the use of BX.
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Me too and it was "shocking" to say the least when I learned that green used to be used as a hot.:grin: It seemed much funnier when my brother found out.
I didn't read any farther but you are clearly not an electrical contractor. Of course the boxes have to be made up.
DAYAMN. In my tract house days, a 2 man crew ( 1 Jman, 1 App) would rope 2 houses a day including the service. Granted they were only1500' with no recessed lights....but still.
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hardworkingstiff
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- Wilmington, NC
How do they do it on comm. jobs where all the branch circuits are run in emt ? At rough
inspection the only thing you see is empty boxes and empty pipes, then at final inspection
everything is trimmed out!!
sparkyjim
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- Dallas, TX
I got 80 man hours start to finish. But, it's been so long since I have done a tract home, I have to question my #'s. Plus, what about the smokes, CF's, Surface mounts, sconces, etc, etc,?
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