LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
Actually, I just wanted the barcode stickers to point toward the wall. 
What I did today
- Thread starter LarryFine
- Start date
- Status
- Location
- Tennessee NEC:2017
- Occupation
- Semi-Retired Electrician
Then stop buying at "Big Box"Actually, I just wanted the barcode stickers to point toward the wall.
Vinyl siding, yuck. Best thing for buildings with vinyl siding is to call the fire dept. for a practice burn.
Don't tell that to people buying the houses. But then again there are three types of houses that people buy. Starter homes, investment homes, and the ones people hope to have when they retire.
I don't know what is worse, vinyl, or hardboard, AKA "Masonite", there is product that is worse called Cladwood, think particle board between paper but don't think it is even on the market anymore.
JohnE
Senior Member
- Location
- Milford, MA
I'm not following this statement. Half the houses in this area have vinyl siding, many worth well north of $1M. Can you elaborate or explain?
JohnE
Senior Member
- Location
- Milford, MA
I'll agree that Masonite siding is awful. Not familiar with Cladwood.
junkhound
Senior Member
- Location
- Renton, WA
- Occupation
- EE, power electronics specialty
Who else ever had 'insulbrick' on a house? Was all the rage 80 years ago, asphalt siding with asbestos embossed to look like brick and installed as siding. Future slums.
hillbilly1
Senior Member
- Location
- North Georgia mountains
- Occupation
- Owner/electrical contractor
Yep, it was on the house I grew up in. The FHA pushed that stuff for financed remodels. When I got the house, I tore it off.
- Location
- Tennessee NEC:2017
- Occupation
- Semi-Retired Electrician
Hardie Board, if that's what you meant. It's not the same as Masonite at all. It's a concrete type siding. Masonite is just a wood composite similar to press wood. A "mushy paneling", if you will.
busman
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Occupation
- Master Electrician / Electrical Engineer
Just being a nit-picker. Are those conductors from SE Cable with the sheath removed (not that I wouldn't do it)? Are they marked?
Mark
Mark
- Location
- Tennessee NEC:2017
- Occupation
- Semi-Retired Electrician
Looks like Tri-plex or MH feeder (without the ground). I think it's dual rated like USE-2. They are usually individually marked.
Larry would have to tell us for sure.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
Yes, they are from SER. The insulated neutral looks so much better than twisted bare from SE.
Well, the neutral is marked. It has three white stripes on it.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
I have done this many times; it has never been questioned before.
(I mean by an inspector, not you guys. Y'all question everything.)
qcroanoke
Sometimes I don't know if I'm the boxer or the bag
- Location
- Roanoke, VA.
- Occupation
- Sorta retired........
Most reasonable inspectors wont...
ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
Nothing else to do for some of us.
Other than waiting for the Trash Can Indicator to change.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
I will wait and see if Larry can find dp 30 CH breakers. Maybe he doesn't need them but from what I heard they are virtually unavailable
busman
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Occupation
- Master Electrician / Electrical Engineer
I've got them. How much?? Just kidding, Larry can have my supply at cost. And, as I said, I have NO issue with the conductors, I just wondered if some Inspectors might.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
They'll be BR, and there are plenty here, but, I won't need any. I will be re-feeding the laundry sub-panel with a BR260, which are also in stock, and I'll need one BR115 and three BR120s.
They do have CH230 breakers in stock here, too.
Masonite, & hardboard are the same type of product, just like a Twistlock®, & a locking plug, the brand name & the product type. Replaced some failing hardboard with Hardie board, & Hardi plank, on my rental made a run down looking building a decent looking place.
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