ledolectric
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... Hi all,... I'm a licensed electrical contractor in Jersey, and I've recently been contracted to restore power and re-wire a residential home that had been involved in a fire..the extent of the fire damage was somewhat limited to the very center of the house,..or roughly less than 1/3 of the ediface.. I had met with the PoCo official as well as the AHJ the other day, and PoCo was ok with restoring power as long as we didn't re-energize ANY existing wiring..I was fine with that,..then the AHJ said he'd like the CB panel changed...ok,..no problem...I then told the AHJ that I needed to install about 6 to 8 temporary 20 amp. 120 volt circuits for utilization of de-humidifiers and lighting..AHJ was cool with that as well, as long as I provided GFCI protection..then he tells me that he wants the ENTIRE house re-wired and to call him back for the rough-in inspection..
... I then tried to show him the extent of the damage, and where it was located, when he thought a minute, then told me that I would have to "meg-out" all of the wires and certify in writing as to their status.. that is,..if I didn't want to re-wire the premises..
... OK,...long story longer,..I dont own a megger,..and secondly, I wouldn't know how to conduct such a test.. It would be easy for me to toss the job to someone else,..but I really want to learn how to conduct this test, if I could just obtain the parameters and protocol.. HELP!!!
thanx,.... Russ
... I then tried to show him the extent of the damage, and where it was located, when he thought a minute, then told me that I would have to "meg-out" all of the wires and certify in writing as to their status.. that is,..if I didn't want to re-wire the premises..
... OK,...long story longer,..I dont own a megger,..and secondly, I wouldn't know how to conduct such a test.. It would be easy for me to toss the job to someone else,..but I really want to learn how to conduct this test, if I could just obtain the parameters and protocol.. HELP!!!
thanx,.... Russ