A install hand book for onsite electricians

So Ive found that the EC may get a copy of the Job drawings for new installations,but the fellas doing the work rarely see it..

It would be nice if a booklet was made up that onsite labor could look at when running cable,wiring racks and such.

Ive been on several sites that the workers have all the information transfered from the drawings to a peice of cardboard. and forget important information like 2 additional 16 awg wires to go with uv1 through 6 or a 14awg ground wire.

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mmeskill over 16 years ago

LOL

We kind of do have an installation book for the terminating electrician.

This issue is one of the reasons for the DMX (Link, RFU, Net, CEM) termination kits that have all the heat-shrink and a drawing in the bag. The drawing is meant to illustrate how to do ‘out-and-backs’ as when as a ‘re-hit’ of the wire types involved.

Beyond that, I do not know how much more likely it is that a small ‘handbook’ would make it any further down the chain then the job drawings.

Mike
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etoombs over 16 years ago in reply to mmeskill

True maybe its just the matter of having it in spanish on the back :) lol
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etoombs over 16 years ago in reply to mmeskill

True maybe its just the matter of having it in spanish on the back :) lol
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JeffMabray over 16 years ago in reply to etoombs

Ya know..

This actually might not be a horrible Idea. Having the installation manual, or at least the basics of wiring printed in Spanish might help things out a lot.

I can't tell you the number of times that I have heard, "Yeah, well I've got someone who speaks english working back there today, so it should go better now...." on a job site. While, I work in Texas and may hear that more than some, I am sure that it would help others out as well.
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Richard over 16 years ago in reply to JeffMabray

And in Arabic - or maybe that's just me having to deal with that kind of EC...
More usefully, the new architectural racks have wiring diagrams printed onto them - it'll be interesting to see whether this makes a difference or not.
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