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Re: Chicago is nuts - maybe not Posted by Bill Homer [Email]

(#3427) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Bill Homer) on Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:38:54

In Reply to: Chicago is nuts, ELaw

[Profile/Gallery] , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 04:30:13 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

As you may recall, we had a big fire here in 1871, and the building codes reflect concern that this not happen again. Therefore, all high voltage electrical circuits have to be contained in metal conduit (or armored cable) and boxes. No Romex, even for residential use.

This may not be an entirely bad idea: at my business, I recently had a near-fire when a 20A rated light switch and a couple of inches of attached wire burned up. Load on the circuit was approximately 15A, but on disassembly (I was curious why this happened) I found that the contact points inside the switch were misaligned and only touching on a small overlapped surface, got very hot - guess where this UL-rated, 5 year old switch was made?

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Posts in this Thread:

more water heater saga, Dean, Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:27:56
- What brand?, EricG, Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:37:15
  - If electric..., ELaw , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 04:38:33
  - Re: What brand?, Dean, Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:39:13
    - "Value Engineered", JerseySaab , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 05:14:01
      - Re: "Value Engineered", Dean, Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:18:12
    - Is it worth trying to replace the anode?, Bill Homer , Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:14:07
      - This Old House thinks so., EricG, Sat, 19 Jul 2014 03:07:55
        Re: This Old House thinks so., Dean, Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:00:37
      - Re: Is it worth trying to replace the anode?, Mark from Toronto, Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:58:43
        Re: Is it worth trying to replace the anode?, Dean, Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:02:28
        Yeah, that's what I'm worried about, Bill Homer , Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:10:21
        Try the impact wrench..., Mark from Toronto, Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:08:23
    - Re: What brand?, EricG, Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:11:43
      - Re: What brand?, Dean, Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:11:50
- Re: more water heater saga, Tom G , Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:05:20
  - plastic pipe and building codes, AeroEd, Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:25:05
- Re: more water heater saga, Bill Homer , Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:46:35
  - I think Dean is using it for only Emergency vent, MI-Roger , Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:17:42
    - Re: I think Dean is using it for only Emergency vent, Bill Homer , Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:03:46
      - no, you're mixing things, AeroEd, Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:32:52
      - No Romex?!?, MI-Roger , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 03:16:00
        Re: No Romex?!?, Dean, Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:20:48
        Chicago is nuts, ELaw , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 04:30:13
        Re: Chicago is nuts - maybe not, Bill Homer , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:38:54 <-- Viewing This Message
        Re: Chicago is nuts - maybe not, Snowmobile , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:08:41
        Re: Chicago is nuts - maybe not, Bill Homer , Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:38:26
        were they commercial grade?, Snowmobile , Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:18:01
        Re: were they commercial grade?, Bill Homer , Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:37:22
        Cheap goods, Johne726, Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:14:31
        Cheap goods, Johnk96, Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:14:24

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