Alwayslearningelec
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I think I posted similiar before.
So this is what NECA responded to me with regarding their labor units.
Here is what the NECA team came back with.
Single conductor cable, in this case, 1C #1 is always “labored” (Labor unit applied) as a single conductor for all of the cable estimated.
For example, if there were (4) #1C in a conduit run of 100 feet, then 4 conductors * 100 feet = 400 feet of #1C. Set the attached MLU page.
400 feet * 19 hours per thousand (Column 1)
= 400/1000 * 19 =7.6 hours
or .4 thousand *19 hours = 7.6 hours
The exception is if the cable of any kind is listed as a multi-conductor then it is labored as a single assembly cable. For example, a (1) 4C #18 cable is labored as one cable If there are (2) 4C #10 cables in a conduit then labor as 2 cables same for 3,4,5 multiconductor cables in the same conduit or pull.
Thank you. So your saying in your example it would be about 7.6 hours to pull the 400’?
Yes whether 1 conductor 400' or 4 conductors 100'
My question to the forum is:
If #1 THHN is 19 hours per thousand and you were pulling 4 conductors together through the same pipe(1,000'..no slack in this example) would you labor that 4,000' as 19 hours x 4 or 19 hours for all 4?
So this is what NECA responded to me with regarding their labor units.
Here is what the NECA team came back with.
Single conductor cable, in this case, 1C #1 is always “labored” (Labor unit applied) as a single conductor for all of the cable estimated.
For example, if there were (4) #1C in a conduit run of 100 feet, then 4 conductors * 100 feet = 400 feet of #1C. Set the attached MLU page.
400 feet * 19 hours per thousand (Column 1)
= 400/1000 * 19 =7.6 hours
or .4 thousand *19 hours = 7.6 hours
The exception is if the cable of any kind is listed as a multi-conductor then it is labored as a single assembly cable. For example, a (1) 4C #18 cable is labored as one cable If there are (2) 4C #10 cables in a conduit then labor as 2 cables same for 3,4,5 multiconductor cables in the same conduit or pull.
Thank you. So your saying in your example it would be about 7.6 hours to pull the 400’?
Yes whether 1 conductor 400' or 4 conductors 100'
My question to the forum is:
If #1 THHN is 19 hours per thousand and you were pulling 4 conductors together through the same pipe(1,000'..no slack in this example) would you labor that 4,000' as 19 hours x 4 or 19 hours for all 4?
