I had just started a new job with a small outfit that does tract houses. As luck would have it, the first day, it rained. Rather than send me home, they told me to report to the shop.
They had a couple of those big 15 gallon, galvanized pails sitting on Coleman stoves. One was filled with yellow Rit dye and the other with orange dye. There was a palletfull of #14 Romex boxes. Our job was to remove the rolls from the boxes, spread the coils out and soak them in the dye solutions. (First we taped the ends with black phase tape.) After drying, the cable was recoiled using one of those winding machines like you find by the wire elevator at Home Depot. And then it was stuffed back in the cartons.
Asking Jeff what this was all about, he said, “The inspector wants to see yellow wire going to the kitchens and bathrooms. And he wants to see orange wire to the cold water heater and the electric dryer.”
This is just a note to you inspectors out there to keep on your toes.
They had a couple of those big 15 gallon, galvanized pails sitting on Coleman stoves. One was filled with yellow Rit dye and the other with orange dye. There was a palletfull of #14 Romex boxes. Our job was to remove the rolls from the boxes, spread the coils out and soak them in the dye solutions. (First we taped the ends with black phase tape.) After drying, the cable was recoiled using one of those winding machines like you find by the wire elevator at Home Depot. And then it was stuffed back in the cartons.
Asking Jeff what this was all about, he said, “The inspector wants to see yellow wire going to the kitchens and bathrooms. And he wants to see orange wire to the cold water heater and the electric dryer.”
This is just a note to you inspectors out there to keep on your toes.
