Hi gb

OK, that helps ... they should know better .. especially with Emerson
Electric in town and that I believe the IBEW started in St. Louis !

It was hard working in St. Louis, we have so many larger companies and
unions controlling the government, that the smaller companies have
virtually no chance of getting ahead.

For residental yes, but I am seeing less of it even in residental.
Much more usage of flexible or rigid conduits ..
although metal vs PVC / composites is a religous war in many areas.

I still prefer metal myself for indoor, PVC for exposed outdoor and
underground installations.
I often use conduit even when not called for, especially in attic runs
where squirrels, etc. might some day be able to get to the wiring.
But within the closed cavity of partition walls, I see no need for
conduit, unless you are considering future additions using same.


Yup, worked under one for while as summer job. Made me a damn
perfectionist. Very difficult to buy a house these days (better to close my
eyes)
Ain't that the truth!


It's interesting that since WW2 how the amount of electrical appliances,
computer, etc. in residential and SOHO (small home offices) .. that they are
looking more like commercial every decade !

That's one of the reasons for so many outlets in my last home!

You may laugh at this, considering it's simple residential wiring.
But every bathroom and/or windowless room that I wired, I ran two
separate lighting branch circuits to each room(s).
If a bathroom had both ceiling lights and vanity lighting, they were
wired on separate branch circuits, so one would not be left in the
dark if one of the breakers was tripped.
Same with long hallways, every other ceiling fixture was on a separate
circuit.

I think I use more electric in my home/office alone than I do in all
the rest of the house, including the kitchen.
Color laser printers and copiers are all on dedicated circuits.
Computers are on their own dedicated circuits, then all the peripheral
components, scanners, hard drives, USB powered ports, etc. all on
another separate circuit.

The nightmare comes in trying to keep both sides of the bus balanced
while keeping spikes from large motors all on one side and away from
the computers.

TTUL
Gary