too lazy to pull the right wire

[iaov]

Do the electrons know what color the insulation is? Do they get confused?

I don't believe electrons get confused but electricians do at times. You probably have no buisiness looking at something like this if you can't figure out what the wires are,but what a PIA. Color coded wires going to the terminals that are shown on the schematic, and that are easily accessible to a meter lead are a fantasy of mine. As long as I'm dreaming the apprentice holding my Fluke is named Anna and she is hot and naked.

 

[monkey]

Years ago, I lived in a house that someone had previously run an underground rigid-conduit circuit for an above-ground pool pump. They used three green conductors, with one taped black and one taped white.

Larry, that reminds me of something. When Home Depot blew into town I remember they kept ordering the #8 THHN in equal amounts, for example 50 rolls of black, 50 rolls of red, 50 rolls of GREEN. Well you know how much #8 green we use, right? So the green just piled up on the shelves. Then they finally stopped ordering green, but they had so much of it that when the other colors started going up in price, the green just stayed at the original price.

So now, it is not uncommon in our town to see air conditioners wired with all green #8's!

 

[Sharpie]

The color coding sure helps to speed thing along, but you still need to test, or else your assuming But just to be fair to everyone, I think we should have the wires marked with braille (Actually there are blind electricians. Now they're worthy of some respect).

I think common sense should come into play somewhere.

 

[guschash]

I agree that common sense plays a big role in what we do. I think we need the code book so that we are all on the same playing field but we need our common sense also. When I worked in industrial the plant was over 100 yrs. old, we ran into everything. Its nice to be able to say this how it should be done but that is not always the case.

 

[dcspector]

Do the electrons know what color the insulation is? Do they get confused?

Gee Marc.....No....But we are bound by the code to enforce and wire by, and if we want to change it....submit a proposal.

 

[Mike Burch]

The color coding sure helps to speed thing along, but you still need to test, or else your assuming But just to be fair to everyone, I think we should have the wires marked with braille (Actually there are blind electricians. Now they're worthy of some respect).

I think common sense should come into play somewhere.

I've never come across a totally blind electrician just his workmanship, however I did work with a color blind one once. It was great! :roll: