T Poles and finals

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Jim, in my post, I stated that here, the first meter is in the G.C.'s name.
At time of C.O., the GC has power turned off of his account and homeowner must have it turned on to their account at that time.....
 
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Luke your idea sounds like the winner.Now just how do we go about getting the AHJ and poco to go along with this.There big worry is over moving in and the GC could stop that.Owner builders would be a differant issue and they just jump from T pole to house anyways.I have one of them next door to me now,no CO and moved in.Been going on for over 6 months now.

"Also why would you worry about others not using GFCI receptacles? This is not under your control. Do you cut the ends off of faulty cords or tools that belong to others?

Roger" If i have it turned on it is under my control and when someone working on the house gets killed just watch how fast you get sued.

[ February 10, 2004, 09:15 AM: Message edited by: jimwalker ]
 
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Jim, I know you work mostly residential and don't see beyond that.

When we are doing big renovation projects where power is still available, we may or may not install GFCI's in some locations. The individual companies are responsible for their own GFCI attachment plugs, or in at least plugging into a GFCI we may have installed.

If they choose not to, then it is there problem or fine.

On large jobs there are toolbox safety meetings weekly, but this wouldn't change the fact that OSHA laws are individual concerns and not your job to make other companies abide by these laws.

If you know of or see a violation, you should bring it to the attention of the person and make a note of it, but this is where your part ends, this would even be on a residential job.

Roger
 
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Roger, yes i prefer high end homes and light commercial.Have been on many remodels and fire restoration jobs where power is still on.And the use of non gfci is very common,largely do to the fact that OSHA never comes on those jobs unless someone gets killed or seriously hurt.Often see safety violations,very little i can do about them unless they are men under my control.
 
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In those cases where permanent is already established or when we start removing the temps and firing up the permanent circuits we plaster the job with small posters.

The posters state the OSHA requirements, and that we are not responsible for any personal GFCI protection other than our own guys.

Copies of this go to all the subcontractor offices and to the GC.

You can bet our gang boxes are full of GFCI pigtails for our use.

Even our gang boxes equipped with plug strips for the chargers have built-in GFCI protection. :)
 
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