[R-390] RE:

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:49:07 -0500

Helmut & folks:

Here in Nassau County, BX is required for commercial installations.
However, I believe the code varies within the county.  When we had the
construction work at my office, code required BX -- but only 2-wire BX -- no
green ground wire, and that's what the landlord had installed.  The armor
jacket is the ground -- or is it?  Plenty of metal, but what kind?  What's
the resistance per 100 ft? Not to mention that it depends on a daisy chain
of gem box clamps.

Actually though, I think a '390 would look impressive with a six foot hank
of BX 3 wire coming out of it with one of those glompus plugs on the end.
(Feeble attempt to get back on topic.)

Barry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helmut Usbeck" <[email protected]>
To: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Joe Foley" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] RE:

> 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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