brother
Senior Member
Well just got to vent some. I can see where some people get 'stuck' in a mode of doing things (maintenance) and not use to the real world (construction).
Had a fellow electrician that believed that you could not run FMC (Flexible metal conduit) more than 6ft under any circumstance. Well this was at a 'hospital' , but mind you this is NOT in a patient care area where redundant grounding is required. Just basic locker room for the staff for break (coffee etc) in addition you need a special 'code' (combination lock) to enter this room so no patient can enter even if they wanted to cause its in another wing of the hospital!!. We were low on material and we only had the flex and wire (ground wire as well) to put in the 1/2 inch flex that had to be fished down a wall and then over a tight space with duct work and flex was over 6ft in a celing that would be hidden out of sight.
Well i kindly refered him to the NEC 2005 (the code our state is under) Article 517 and 348 handbook which we had on the jobsite. Even after reading that 348.20 (A)and 517.13 (A), (B) and the (non enforceble)commentary that cleary explained that fmc can be run in unlimited lengths per this article, he still was just bent on the phrase 'well we are not doing that way' since he could not win the arguement over the code. There are no local amendents that prevent this either.
It just bug me sometimes when people get stuck on something (bull headed) on a job that can just be done 'safely' and to code and look professional and still not be done cause 'we just dont do it that way'. Oh well, i get paid the same wheather we do it 'his way' or no way. Ok im done venting.
Had a fellow electrician that believed that you could not run FMC (Flexible metal conduit) more than 6ft under any circumstance. Well this was at a 'hospital' , but mind you this is NOT in a patient care area where redundant grounding is required. Just basic locker room for the staff for break (coffee etc) in addition you need a special 'code' (combination lock) to enter this room so no patient can enter even if they wanted to cause its in another wing of the hospital!!. We were low on material and we only had the flex and wire (ground wire as well) to put in the 1/2 inch flex that had to be fished down a wall and then over a tight space with duct work and flex was over 6ft in a celing that would be hidden out of sight.
Well i kindly refered him to the NEC 2005 (the code our state is under) Article 517 and 348 handbook which we had on the jobsite. Even after reading that 348.20 (A)and 517.13 (A), (B) and the (non enforceble)commentary that cleary explained that fmc can be run in unlimited lengths per this article, he still was just bent on the phrase 'well we are not doing that way' since he could not win the arguement over the code. There are no local amendents that prevent this either.
It just bug me sometimes when people get stuck on something (bull headed) on a job that can just be done 'safely' and to code and look professional and still not be done cause 'we just dont do it that way'. Oh well, i get paid the same wheather we do it 'his way' or no way. Ok im done venting.