Yes and yes, though most taping I do is the cheap stuff used to make up a pull head. For phase marking I try to use the better grade 3m tape.

 

Let me get the argument started.......


You're a hack....why would you do it that way?
Flags on the end of the tape are for hacks.
You suck
Are you really an electrician??




Did I forget anything???:laughing:














Seriously though......I do it the same way. Especially the little flag on the end of anything temporary.

 

Next if you are taping something temporarily do you leave a tape flag so it is easy to remove?

Christ me kill me, my biggest pet peeve. Guys working for me for years will sometimes not flag a PVC 2' down in a wet ditch. Why was that conduit different from the thousands of others we have done???

You frickin lay in the dirt on your belly with your knife and get that off dill weed.

 

Ran out of thanks, but Thanks ... :laughing:

 

Don't be a ***, leave a flag. Be a friend, leave an end.

Union guys have time to come up with all these mottos.

I only leave an end when it will be taken off.

Yes, I always wrap tight and then leave the last wrap loose because if you make it tight it will recoil back and leave exposed adhesive which on black tape is like tar that is hard to get off your hands.

 

Taping over rubber on split bolts, stretch it and wrap lots. Taping up important pull heads, stretch it and wrap it lots.

Otherwise no stretch.

 

Yes and no. I am bad about not flagging.

 

I am bad about not flagging.

Understandable since it takes so much time and effort.:001_huh:

 

Yes and yes.

I always use good tape too.

Better question is how to you tape your phase markings?

 

Yes and yes.

:thumbsup:

I always use good tape too.

:no: :jester:

I keep great tape and cheap tape in the truck, I refuse to use good tape when cheap tape will do. It goes against my Yankee up bringing.

Better question is how to you tape your phase markings?

HEY!

Don't derail my thread with off topic nonsense. :laughing:







I use a lot of phase tape, many will say too much, and they are right.

 

• Stretch tape: Always
• Loose last wrap: Always
• Inside-out first wrap: Always on splices
• Leave a flag: Only on temporary
• Tape on devices: Never
• Tape on wirenuts: Never
• Tape on wounds: Only when bleeding

 

• Stretch tape: Always
• Loose last wrap: Always
• Leave a flag: Only on temporary
• Tape on devices: Never
• Tape on wirenuts: Never
• Tape on wounds: Sometimes
• Inside-out first wrap: Always on splices

Tape on wire nuts... in peckerheads yes.

 

To leave a flag, or an "end", some guys twist the roll of tape before pulling it to break it. I always just crease the tape longways and fold it over as I pull it. It always leaves a good end with little effort.

 

I slip my finger in the roll and do a 'twist and pull' motion that leaves a creased / stuck together flag, of course it leaves it on the roll end as well but that is usually OK with me.

 

Stripes or candy cane?

 

Yes and yes, learned that many years ago and still chuckle when the newbies search for the end while snaking cables.

 

Cheap tape in warm temps might get by, but cheap tape in the canadian winter is what causes the majority of suicides.

 

Cambric sticky side out to cover spices, then 130C sticky side out pulled 'till stretched to 2/3 width, then 33 sticky side down.

 

I like to use scotch 70 instead of cambric. No sticky mess and easy to take apart

 

I have seen guys mark phases with one finger in center of the tape and run a few circles.. :no:

I always stretch and overlap my tape.. NEVER use the "barber pole" effect for conductors by the weather head..

It becomes a ribbon blowing in the breeze in a few years.. :no::no:

 

 

Breaking the Peter D rule... Oh wait, you are the Peter D Rule. :laughing:

 

Whatever happened to those that use one band , two band and three band of one color for identity ? Did they all buy Cadillacs and leave here long ago?

 

Only the POCO guys still use that methods... never color coded...

 

Heres a tip having to do with tape and flags. Many times when using a rotohammer and drilling holes for wedge anchors I will use tape to mark the depth that I need to drill for the anchor. If you leave a flag on the tape it works well to clean up the concrete left around the hole by the drill bit:thumbsup:

 

I like 1700.

 

Yes and yes

 

not enough information to form an opinion/vote. Are you taping a basket, color coding, taping the head onto a snake? :whistling2:

 

Go search the news for the next hot topic to screw up a poll with. :whistling2:

 

I tape duct tape onto baskets backwards on the first rap, than tape a nice tight rap over that, makes for easy removal from the basket in the end (run a blade down and opens right up). Using electrical tape on this is a waste of money.

 

OK folks, we can argue about anything so maybe this will be the new ground s up or down debate.

If you are using electrical tape do you stretch each wrap as you go until the last couple of wraps which you do not put any tension on?

IMO that is the correct way and eliminates the tape end creeping backward and becoming loose.

Next if you are taping something temporarily do you leave a tape flag so it is easy to remove?

The "tape flag" is really called the Dolan because that's the guy who invented the technique.

 

Yes and Yes.

 

Which way does the tape go...

CW...:shutup:....CCW?


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