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iwire said:
That many circuits in EMT would take either a lot of raceways or large raceways with large conductors to compensate for derating or ignoring the derating rules.
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True, with the cost of pipe, wire, troughs, and all the added labor for splicing, you have gained nothing that adds any function or value to the installation.
 
stickboy1375 said:
I dont know why they think it would look nicer either? My conclusion is people are just stuck in their ways...

I suppose I should have done this all in EMT as well...
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Not sure but looks like an upgrade. Just the stuff around the panel looks neat. Its OK but still a rope job.
 
iwire said:
And again I agree with Pete.

That many circuits in EMT would take either a lot of raceways or large raceways with large conductors to compensate for derating or ignoring the derating rules.
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The job could have been layed out in a way to have several home runs and junction boxes not just one or two large conduits going to the first outet and then the next.
Might be just too set in a romex mentality. I have piped in a massive lighting control system for several hotel ball rooms and didnt have a problem with derating conductors. Its all in the planning.
I dont disagree that all of the romex is cool looking. Just that its unusual and looks to take up excessive amounts of space.
 
jrannis said:
I have piped in a massive lighting control system for several hotel ball rooms and didnt have a problem with derating conductors. Its all in the planning.
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Around here a job like that would be done with MC hands down. I did work in a hotel that had a large ball room with a lighting system and the electric room had more than 600 MC home runs going into it. But you couldn't see a single one of them because they were all run inside covered ladder tray. It looked sweet. :cool:

So I agree, it's all in the planning, but sometimes you have to plan jobs so they go fast. ;)
 
jrannis said:
The job could have been layed out in a way to have several home runs and junction boxes not just one or two large conduits going to the first outet and then the next.
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With a lighting control system you need a seperate #12 hot and neutral for every lighting load-i.e.-in a 8 slot enclosure, potentially 64X2 #12's
 
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