Weather Heads

[Marc D. Shunk]

Originally Posted by bkelly1

Another weather head.

That's quite a drip loop. A drip roller-coaster, rather. I do note that the nylon outer jacket is coming off the conductors, but that is permitted. I have a letter somewhere on my computer from Southwire, a popular wire and cable manufacturer, that states that this is normal, expected, and permissable. The nylon outer jacket is installed over top of the conductor insulation to protect the conductor's insulation during installation. If it survives beyond the installation, that's okay. If it comes off by some means later on, that's okay too, as it already did it's job.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

MAN...all that bending of conduit is giving me a "Benfield" flashback....CLICKING MY HEELS and saying...No place like home...No place like home......ACK.....

Won't catch me bending pipe anymore or running 4" above my head....not this fella....

Nice runs BTW.....very impressive.

[bkelly1]

Me neither on running the 4inch over head. I had days were I would run 3 or 4 inch all day overhead. Have also run 1-1/2 up the side of many grain elevators, and water towers. O happy days.

[Jae Williams]

For Paul and Ben --

Oh, yeah??? Well, I installed a receptacle in a guy's house, once...

[Paul W. Abernathy]

lol......Congrats....you know more than half the helpers I seem to hire lately.

[bkelly1]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

For Paul and Ben --

Oh, yeah??? Well, I installed a receptacle in a guy's house, once...

Ground up, or Ground down?

[Barry Adair]

Jae,

Can I follow you around and install the coverplates?

I did this one in my office with spousal supervision.

She has me well trained.

I think I could learn to do receptacles with a little guidance.

[Barry Adair]

We will now return you to our regularly scheduled program.

I'll get close enough to get the shot.

The tension on this had displaced the roof flashing creating a leak




Ben,

That's some really nice work you did.

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by bkelly1

Ground up, or Ground down?

Yes...

[rromoser]

You guys should have been around to help me install 6" rigid galv. 60" sweep ells. They were for a fiber optic underground ductbank. They go about 275 lbs. apiece. Try wrestling them around.

[bkelly1]

I installed 20 feet of 6 inch before. That was a long 2 days!!!

[Paul W. Abernathy]

20' of 6"......not me fella.......4" was enough for me....

[bkelly1]

I beleive it was only 20ft, but had two 90's and was going up a wall on versa-bar. (uni-strut..depending on where you are). Heavy as all get out!!!!!!

Our company did alot of churches, factories, and commercial buildings. We also did alot of water,water intake, and waste water treatment plants. I did very little traveling, but we did water, and waste water plants in Missisippi, Louisiana, Tn, Kentucky, Arkansas, pretty much all over. Hence the 6 inch pipe...

[jtedesco1]

Locations Exposed to Direct Sunlight Insulated conductors or cables used where exposed to direct rays of the sun shall comply with one of the following:

(1) Cables listed, or listed and marked, as being sunlight resistant
(2) Conductors listed, or listed and marked, as being sunlight resistant
(3) Covered with insulating material, such as tape or sleeving, that is listed, or listed and marked, as being sunlight resistant

[Marc D. Shunk]

Originally Posted by jtedesco1

http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachmen...8&d=1167538481

Locations Exposed to Direct Sunlight Insulated conductors or cables used where exposed to direct rays of the sun shall comply with one of the following:

(1) Cables listed, or listed and marked, as being sunlight resistant
(2) Conductors listed, or listed and marked, as being sunlight resistant
(3) Covered with insulating material, such as tape or sleeving, that is listed, or listed and marked, as being sunlight resistant

Very true... The nylon outer jacket will still peel off THHN that is marked 'Sunlight Resistant', over time. I have one installation that has been in only since the beginning of the summer in which the nylon outer covering is falling off the 600mcm copper already. The conductors did have the required 'Sunlight Resistant' markings. Sorta makes me look bad, but it's out of my hands.