Yes, it was just a matter of discussion and understanding. There must have reason the code describes it the way it does, I know it's easier to fall back and just say,,, well everyone understands than to elaborate a little. There is a lot of code quotes here, this is good but often some fundamental principles are bypassed. There are areas I need work on. I really dont know anything about electricity which is different than wiring. Most wiring is mechanical, simply routing, hooking up the right size in the right place. I can manage that most of the time.
I was working on a house the other day where the owner was on the job as the general and carpenter. He had a bunch of labor he was passing jobs to so he could do design and layout.
We had a bunch of 3 way, a 4 way or 2 and after we pulled the wire I put my helper on the terminations so I could get back to work,,,, pulling wire and drilling. I pass off all the technical I can and speed it up by being prepared ahead for the next phase instead of trying to do hookups while pushing labor over my shoulder.
My helper is a lot smarter than I am, can read pages of schematics and does real tech so much better than I do. I spend a lot on prep he doesn't much care for,,, I get the car cleaned, parked shields and gauges off, all that stuff so he can walk up and put his finger on the problem.
I cost myself a days work a while back getting ahead of myself and missing a simple loose wire. Started on something I didn't troubleshoot well.
