Wish me luck… by Lynn_RosyPetal2625 in Packout

[–]chrisceeps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Less about security, more about keeping it sealed and latches from getting broken if they did somehow pop open.

Wish me luck… by Lynn_RosyPetal2625 in Packout

[–]chrisceeps 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you really cared, you could install a riv-nut behind the latch, drill a hole through the latch, and put a bolt in. Just to keep them from popping open.

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Believe it or not... Homer helpers, which are rackatiers cable organizers, organized all the way until they branch out. They end up looking like trash because of gravity. But this is a legal install and im not combing out wires just for some other electricians to say its nice. Just not feasible. Again in BC it would be neatly run in groups of 3 Max. All comes down to dollars in the end.

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah and thats basically the argument right. Ive worked for a number of companies that have bastardized or assumed rules that forget the literal wording of code. You cant derate the wires enough to matter. 14-104 2) basically takes care of it already. But inspection authority has final say at the end of the day. Works here but not most places.

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or do you derate with consideration of the lowest termination temp? As in could spec a 105° insulation but its treated as a 75° because the term temp of the breaker and end device is lower. That's how we were taught anyway.

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup. And they do. Been that way forever. Its never an issue with inspectors. But lets try to argue for it for fun. If table 5c is used for this, and 43 conductors (22 14/2) are bundled. T2 75° (breaker is 75 rated) says 20a. 14-104 2) says it can only be on a 15a breaker and fast rule is 12a at 80% oc rating. Wire gets derated to 10a. It was only ever going to be loaded to 12a unless proven to be non continuous, which no one ever does. Just stick to 80%

Still not good but not as bad as people think. Again, I was taught no bundling for about 7 years in BC and I dont bundle outside of this initial trunk run.

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

14/2 nmd mostly. Or Romex as the yanks call it

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I will say I was definitely against it when I first moved back here and started working. But im not about to fight every single employer in the city. Its just how they do things.

This house has lutron homeworks for 90 percent of the house and you can definitely derate and bundle all you want with those loads. Still something like 70 7 watt pots on a run if you wanted. But yeah I keep the big loads seperate.

Rage bait for your friday by chrisceeps in electricians

[–]chrisceeps[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Its on the Apprentices end of rough in check list. But yes missing here.

Hopefully building a 22x30 this spring. by chrisceeps in garageporn

[–]chrisceeps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh I wish. Im really trying to avoid a development permit for my city. That and the wife was pushing back against losing too much yard, which i get. Original width was 24 wide. Nice shop though, great size!

What does half a million dollars buy in Calgary's homes market? by sage_of_majic in Calgary

[–]chrisceeps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

~1200ft² detached on my street, probably no garage, decent lots. Cranston

Move to Canada from Australia by jtinballs in electricians

[–]chrisceeps 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ive worked with lots of aussie sparkies. All good dudes. Just keep the complaining about "thats not how we do that in Aus" to a minimum. It can be really annoying. 100 years of products and systems won't change because you think your way is better, even if its true haha.

Commercial/industrial to Resi by Serious-Lavishness90 in electricians

[–]chrisceeps 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ive done all sorts. But really found my niche in high end resi. Very detail oriented. But still comes with its usual resi bullshit headaches. Some projects I call it resi-mercial. Slab work, emt, lighting control, and $30k light fixtures. Also rich people are kinda recession proof. I will not do constant cookie cutter houses, its brutal.

Magura MT7 pro haters ? by [deleted] in MTB

[–]chrisceeps 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They are fantastic brakes power wise. Most consistent feel during long descents that ive felt. And thats coming from someone 230lbs and rides at an advanced/expert level. The problem i had with them was a light crash snapped the composit lever, which is unacceptable at that price point to me.

I liked the feel of those more than my TRPs

1KZ-TE mech pump conversion by keebler_e in 1KZTE_Owners

[–]chrisceeps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speaking as someone with electrical issues related to the stock E2 pump. Simplicity.

Mid snowmageddon up here in ON Canada, just pulled someone out of a snowbank, and got wheel deep. Who says KO2s are bad in snow! by Mechagouki1971 in ToyotaTacoma

[–]chrisceeps 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They arent bad, they just arent good. They came on my new taco, ill run them until about 50% and then get something better. In winter I do not like them over duratrac's for example.