Ok, all you DIY'ers....

jimhelm · 09-05-2011, 02:11 PM

such a purist

glatt · 09-05-2011, 02:34 PM

I'm used to seeing rigid conduit tubing in commercial and exposed applications mostly. Inside a wall, romex is where it's at in residential. BX, the flexible spiral armored stuff, was in our unfinished exposed basement growing up and is inside walls in commercial buildings, which are built to higher standards.

Armored cable and conduit are better, but both are more expensive and take longer to install and require critical details to be taken care of otherwise the sharp metal can actually cut into the wires and defeat the whole point.

I use romex, the plastic stuff. It's good.

glatt · 09-05-2011, 02:48 PM

Oh, and I agree with your husband. Sorry. I don't believe conduit was more common in the past. Wiring has actually gotten a LOT better over the years on average. You can still have shitty electricians who use shitty materials, but on the whole, wiring is a lot better today.

Gravdigr · 09-05-2011, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

...commercial and exposed applications...

That's where I'm at.

footfootfoot · 09-05-2011, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm used to seeing rigid conduit tubing in commercial and exposed applications mostly. Inside a wall, romex is where it's at in residential. BX, the flexible spiral armored stuff, was in our unfinished exposed basement growing up and is inside walls in commercial buildings, which are built to higher standards.

Armored cable and conduit are better, but both are more expensive and take longer to install and require critical details to be taken care of otherwise the sharp metal can actually cut into the wires and defeat the whole point.

I use romex, the plastic stuff. It's good.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

That's where I'm at.

and when you have to run a lot of wire, you can cram individual strands in a single conduit w/o having a ton of redundant grounds.

It's much more expensive and not worth it unless called for by code.

09-05-2011, 02:11 PM	#1
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09-05-2011, 02:34 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm used to seeing rigid conduit tubing in commercial and exposed applications mostly. Inside a wall, romex is where it's at in residential. BX, the flexible spiral armored stuff, was in our unfinished exposed basement growing up and is inside walls in commercial buildings, which are built to higher standards. Armored cable and conduit are better, but both are more expensive and take longer to install and require critical details to be taken care of otherwise the sharp metal can actually cut into the wires and defeat the whole point. I use romex, the plastic stuff. It's good.

09-05-2011, 02:48 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Oh, and I agree with your husband. Sorry. I don't believe conduit was more common in the past. Wiring has actually gotten a LOT better over the years on average. You can still have shitty electricians who use shitty materials, but on the whole, wiring is a lot better today.

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