Recent content by 916matt

you could use polaris lugs

to the OP, sorry for thread jacking. congrats on the house

agreed. however when i was in commercial there were only a few jobs that spec'd solid. and now that i only do industrial, you hardly ever see solid conductors

local requirement or spec for the job. that could also pose a problem if the spec states all devices, equipment, etc. to have ul listing or equivalent. especially when you have full time inspectors on the jobsite. i suppose if its in the spec and you dont follow it, you could have a nasty punch...

every panel i make up gets zip ties. when you dont use em your panel looks like ****. its all about taking some pride in your work. but it seems that more and more apprentices coming up have the attitude of 'its hidden, who cares what it looks like'

90-7 says that if a piece of equipment has been listed by a testing facility, it shall conform to code. 110-2 says the conductors and equipment required or permitted by this code shall be acceptable only if approved. the FPN refers to 90-7 and 110-3. 110-3 (b) installation and use. listed or...

I've seen plenty of hack work from union guys. I don't think its a union non union thing. I think its just taking pride in what you do.

multi-wire branch circuit. one phase conductor from each phase can share a neutral. 1 a phase and 1 b phase conductor. not 2 a phase or 2 b phase

i have the 500lb model and the seals in the ram went out after about 3 months. never put anything near 500 lbs on it. maybe 100lb max

its not the voltage you have to worry about. its the amperage that gets you. 75-100 mA can make your heart fibrillate. thats 75-100 thousandths of 1 amp. makes me think twice when im working on 8000A equipment at work.

it is not as easy as you assume. people rant about shoddy work which gives us tradesmen bad names, but when was the last time you heard someone raving about the great work a contractor did for them? not very often because it is expected when you hire someone to do a job. so the discussions you...

so not following our lockout/tagout procedure, we had a guy get locked up on 277 about a month ago. the heat at the exit wound was enough to melt the 4s box he was resting his hand on. his toenails were also blown off inside his boots.

just read through it. there used to be a video on youtube called 'donnys accident' where a guys was working on a larger breaker, 400A maybe, i dont remember, but it blew up and the video shows the damage to him and his recovery. its a good one if you can find it but last i looked it was no...

you are absolutely correct. there is almost no reason to work on anything live, regardless what voltage. however there are some times you have to. and for that i have NFPA 70E training. so i have seen all the videos of 3phase disconnects blowing up, arc flashes, even videos of people getting...

THHN is dual rated as also THWN so yes you can put it in an underground conduit.