Romex splice kits- yes or no

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Re: Romex splice kits- yes or no

Postby bdosborn » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:05 pm

Dale M. wrote:That has to be the most miserable stuff in the world to wire a trailer with.... I worked with it for 38 years in telecommunication and hated it every minute of it....

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You worked with 120V in telecommunications? Yes, MC is a little harder to work with than romex but its not bad if you have a roto split and a big pair of bolt cutters. The extra protection MC affords makes it worth the extra hassle for me. Its pretty hard to find a commercial building anymore that doesn't use miles of the stuff. We even see it in our hospitals now.

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Re: Romex splice kits- yes or no

Postby Dale M. » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:26 pm

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Dale M. wrote:That has to be the most miserable stuff in the world to wire a trailer with.... I worked with it for 38 years in telecommunication and hated it every minute of it....

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You worked with 120V in telecommunications?

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Where do you think we get the power from to charge batteries, run test gear, and run power tools and lots of other stuff.... There is a lot more to telecommunications than an phone handset..

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Re: Romex splice kits- yes or no

Postby bdosborn » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:57 am

Dale M. wrote:
Where do you think we get the power from to charge batteries, run test gear, and run power tools and lots of other stuff....
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I thought the receptacles were from magic elves that only came out when everyone was gone... :shhh:

Or a licensed electrician, who often doesn't get to come out until everyone is gone...

I did some telecommunications work back when at&t was all capitol letters and MC cable was strictly forbidden, it was hard pipe only.

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Re: Romex splice kits- yes or no

Postby Dale M. » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:01 am

Worked for Western Electric, AT&T Network systems then Lucent technologies ( actually all same company over the years) and Armored Cable (MC ) was being used before I hired on in 1963 and is still in use today....

Yes there was places for rigid conduit and then there were places for MC..... IT was all about application and specifications....

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