Electricians Check List

[jrivera]

Thanks, nice job

Mic

[jtedesco1]

Originally Posted by pabernathy

Good points Doug and I think Joe has posted one so if everyone feels that is fine for a check list then I will stop working on the one I have been working on. If not..let me know and I will keep working on it and adding things.

Paul: I was looking forward to the list you are developing. Please go for it! I did add similar items in the old forum and they may still be in the archives or were deleted. My post for NFPA 73 was to call attention to something that could be used.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Ok Joe......I thought someone said they used that for HI inspections...I believe I got confused...lol....

I will keep working on it...I did not want to work on something that maybe was not needed due to another post.

It is slow going..I have been home most of the week catching up on TONS of bids I have sitting on the table....just never enough time in the day. I pop on here for a STRESS break as pricing is my LEAST favorite thing about ELE contracting....the collection part is NICE however.

[jtedesco1]

Do your friends call you Paulie? I wondered if you knew the electrical inspector who is mentioned in the message at this link?

http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthread.php?p=2400#post2400 =D>

[Paul W. Abernathy]

lol...no I do not believe I have ever been called Paulie...lol..My wife would not even call me that. I prefer her to call me Mr. Abernathy...thehehe

I think you asked that before...I have no idea who it is as I am in Virginia only.

[jtedesco1]

Mr. Abernathy:

You didn't catch on yet? The question from the poster here, http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthrea...=2400#post2400 and my reply were the bait! Both you and Bob are implied in my comments about the AHJ and electricians "Bobby Paul" and "Paulie Bob" when it comes to the access to the disconnect.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

ahhh..ok.....guess I missed that one.

[Greg Fretwell]

I see you are pretty generous with wire sizes on the motor loads, exceeding 430

[Paul W. Abernathy]

lol....Greg I didn't write it...thehehe...I just update it...lol

Oh...Generous is always good...lol...rather than stingy...tehhehehe

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Actually greg I think the formula is to taking in the account of VD% as well and giving actual distances to take the table work out of it.

I think you will see that if you take 100' on a 1/2HP motor at 120V nominal...it is 9.8 Amps per 430.148

Now keeping the voltage drop below 3%....in this factor.....using 10/2UF would stay below 3% while going to 12/2UF would exceed it...

I believe this is the basis for the chart...it has already taken into account for the VD%, and breaker sizing....so if the distance was only half the distance...say 50' it would be less and 12/2UF would probably work...but I think the chart is trying to be general....as all the possible varibles would have a chart way to easy to work with.

[jkormos]

Paul, thanks again for the great post

Joe

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Bump

[Bruce A. King]

Don't forget westinghouse and sylvania panels can be actually Zinsco!

Ran into a westinghouse panel the other day that was sizzling inside where the main breaker bar screwed onto the left busbar. Total load at this time was probably less than 5 amps.

I called the owner and asked if he wanted me to turn off the power. I told him to get someone out there right away and gave him some phone numbers.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

To be honest with you I have seen some Sq D and Cut. Hammer breakers do some smokin also in my time. Moral of the story is all panels and breakers have a life span......they dont last forever so keep us electricians busy...lol

[Frank J. Buttermore]

Paul, Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and resources.