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View Poll Results: Do conductor manufacturers need to ‘standardize’ their colors?
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Yes, but only through voluntary compliance with any standards that may arise.
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Who cares? Much ado about nothing.
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Uh-- no. Not by any means. She's old enough to be your Mom, and strong enough to whip you in anything. Think "Russian housewife". 
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She's old enough to be your Mom, and strong enough to whip you in anything. Think "Russian housewife". |
I think that sounds like a perfect woman for Pete.
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05-17-2009, 07:32 PM
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On complicated or difficult projects I always tell my guys, if it was easy they would have hired the (stick any name here you want) Competition, handyman, snake electric.
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If it was easy, the plumber would do it. 
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05-17-2009, 07:33 PM
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Quote:
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Uh-- no. Not by any means. She's old enough to be your Mom, and strong enough to whip you in anything. Think "Russian housewife". |
Oh. Right.  Well, it never hurts to ask.
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05-17-2009, 07:34 PM
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I think that sounds like a perfect woman for Pete. |
That really stings. How will I go on? 
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05-17-2009, 07:36 PM
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That really stings. How will I go on? |
I am sure you will do just fine.
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05-17-2009, 07:38 PM
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Probably after years of therapy. 
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Probably after years of therapy. |
You mean you're not almost through? 
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You mean you're not almost through?
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I've been told it's going to take another 10 years at least.
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05-17-2009, 08:01 PM
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I've been told it's going to take another 10 years at least.
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It might go faster if you went more than once a year. 
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I'm still working on identifying the colors in an eight pack of crayola crayons.
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05-17-2009, 08:58 PM
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I'm still working on identifying the colors in an eight pack of crayola crayons.
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Priceless......
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05-17-2009, 09:07 PM
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Uh-- no. Not by any means. She's old enough to be your Mom, and strong enough to whip you in anything. Think "Russian housewife". |
can she cook ? 
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05-17-2009, 10:30 PM
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I like how the color of conductors topic went to Pete trying to hook up with Marcs electrician.
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05-17-2009, 10:41 PM
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I like how the color of conductors topic went to Pete trying to hook up with Marcs electrician.
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Yeah, funny how that works out, huh? 
Thankfully, Marc was honest about his Russian housewife-type electrician, so that one went down in flames pretty fast.
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05-18-2009, 03:11 AM
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This thread has degraded into the epitome of patheticism...
... does she at least SHAVE?!?!?!
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05-18-2009, 08:48 AM
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This thread has degraded into the epitome of patheticism...
... does she at least SHAVE?!?!?!
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Her Legs or back? 
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05-18-2009, 10:13 AM
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If it was easy, the plumber would do it. |
The first electricians were plumbers.
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Standardizing colors would be great for those who use them correctly.
Just this week I was on a call and came across a j-box that had 2 yellows, 1 black, 1 blue, and a white tied together, funny thing is that joint had nothing to do with any issues I was there to repair.
And when I saw that, I put the cover back on, slowly backed away, once I hit the door I ran like hell.
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06-10-2009, 10:42 AM
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Wire Colors
Wire colors have to be standardized at some point. If an electrician is suppose to follow a code that indicates what color to use for different voltage and use, then the colors from each manufacturer should be identical.
The advertising agencies figured it out using pantone colors. Why can't our industry figure it out. Hell in our industry the wrong color can kill you!
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