[R-390] RE:

[Helmut Usbeck]

well, you have your electric building codes out there and we have our's
here.  Yes It's a pain to work with, but if you do any rewiring in a home
or buiding in NYC with Romex you'll never get passed on inspection and
nowadays get kicked out of Local 3 if you're doing it on the sly.  Never
heard of any fires caused by BX.  You guy's must have been installing it
incorrectly.  Just like aluminium "problem", incorrectly installed.
Maybe you should look up why it's used.

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:

> > Guess I'll stick my two electrical cents in here.  NYC electrical codes
> > are still all copper, along with no Romex wiring, just BX.
>
> BX? It was known as "Donkey Dick" by electricians. I certainly hope
> it has been improved since I had to deal with it. What used to
> happen is that the spirals would get corroded and then one could
> get a short circuit to the spiral at both ends. Then the spiral would
> heat up like a heating element and burn the place down.
>
> We were forbidden to use BX. We either used Romex in homes or
> conduit in commercial buildings. We would use conduit in homes if
> they wanted to afford it. Properly installed Romex was safer than
> BX. BX was used by amateurs, or those who couldn't bend conduit.
>
> Ken Gordon W7EKB
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