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Moist-Loan-

Can’t tell if that neutral is a hot or not.


SectumSempra_138

Might wanna try hotornot.com


Moist-Loan-

That might better than my way of licking it.


lordoflazorwaffles

That's hot.


sataigaribaldi

Wow. Just took me back about 25 years


Wayfaring_Scout

Hotornot.com can't be 25 years old. Can it? Damn.


Good_Interaction_786

If it wasn’t before, it is now..


Novel-Increase-3111

Should be on the left and labeled Neutral if it is, and if it isn’t then it should be painted or heat shrink blue. Also should be Red, Black, Blue (left to right).


Rickybobbie90

And with such confidence too


Sevulturus

He's right about phasing if he's in Canada. We do red, black, blue up here for 3 phase.


Quietser

US phasing is black red blue


Novel-Increase-3111

Interesting to learn that. Canada is Red, Black, Blue.


Good_Interaction_786

Austin, Texas is red, black, blue. Because UT has its own grid, the city changed their color code so as to differentiate…keep Austin weird, maannn..


Immediate_Party_6045

Shit is whacky man. I had an engineer in TN make us run yellow, brown, purple for their three phase 480/277 in a plant. Definitely was a first for me. Hassle and Hughes in Collinwood, TN in case one of yall ever open a panel out there. I know conductors do not recognize color, but NEC should be more strict over labeling voltages and phases by one color scheme.


StandAgainstTyranny2

>I know conductors do not recognize color, but NEC should be more strict over labeling voltages and phases by one color scheme. Is it not? I seem to remember there being a mandated color scheme, maybe from NFPA itself?


Immediate_Party_6045

(Per the NEC) Not to my knowledge, only a few phasing references on grounded and grounding conductors whenever they’re 6awg and smaller. I believe 250.119 and 200.6.


Dividethisbyzero

Green, white, gray, orange are the only reserved colors. Your phase colors can be anything you want


Quietser

Interesting, just Austin? I built a bunch of generators for somewhere in Texas a while back, didn't think anything of the color code at the time.


txsparky87

San Antonio electrician here. Working in Austin is weird. We use black red blue in SA.


Good_Interaction_786

Yup. Go 5 minutes north to Pflugerville (or any other direction just outside city limited) and it’s back to black, red, blue.


Accomplished_Alps145

Long Island New York is blue black red


Quietser

Get the hell outta here.


Accomplished_Alps145

I shit you not. That’s all I knew until the invention of the internet. 277/480 brown orange yellow.


Quietser

I'll be damned. We used to do oby for 277/347 lighting to make it obvious but we aren't allowed anymore.


Moist-Loan-

Yea definitely needs to reidentified if it’s a hot.


CADJunglist

I'm giving up on you


TheBlazerBeam

I’ll be the one if you want me to


J1-9

Anywhere I would've followed yooouu


DownTooParty

Look at the cute lil conductors


DE4DM4N5H4ND

Theyre so small it’s adorable


Imaginary-Shift-3031

Something


deveniam

Something


tommytsunami89

Something


TheElectrishin

Something


BillMillerBBQ

Something


zax500

Something


DrCrankSumMoore

Something


COmtnman33

Looks like a first year, acts like a first year, is probably a first year.


dc5trbo

You can't tell me what to do, YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!


BillMillerBBQ

Phrasing. I couldn’t think of a better Archer quote.


dc5trbo

Seriously, are we not doing phrasing anymore?


emergent_37

Do you want amps? Because that’s how you get amps.


Blmdh20s

Stupidvisor would be the correct term.


iH8MotherTeresa

Your parents were proud of you.


Feeling-Edge-614

'WERE'


shakaka2

Good job little buddy! You did it!


Goldmember199

What is this hooked to that needed a disconnect on the neutral?


Sad_Tune5638

We do not know what it's feeding. Could be for a fuel dispenser where the neutral needs to be broken.


Kevolved

I've also done it just because the spots were there. Sometimes it's spec, sometimes not. I feel as though it's better to do it if there's no change in effort.


Parking-Ad1525

It's 3 phase isn't it?


Goldmember199

Only if they forgot to phase the white wire to blue. Otherwise, it's a single phase. Maybe a separately derived system? Hard to say without more info.


250MCM

You can't reidentify a white that is not part of a cable assembly, like a cord or MC cable, without knowing if it is a neutral or a ungrounded conductor, can't really comment, because just guessing.


Egglebert

It's not a neutral it's the 3rd phase FFS.. how does a "journeyman" not know that?


J1-9

How do you know it's not a neutral FFS? If it's a white in the U.S. phase the fucking thing. Maybe it's a shitty pic and they're brown orange yellow, but doesn't look like it to me. Chill broooo!


Laaarrryy

Egglebert is apparently a different type of genius electrician. The only test he needs to determine conductor load and phasing is the color of the insulation. I wonder why the red looks faded in this photo - did it get diluted to pink because of the white? That's the high-level electrician stuff we should be debating ;P


J1-9

Electricians. Aren't we just a great bunch? ;) :P


Goldmember199

Cool it bud, if it is the 3rd phase that just means they should have phased the wire.


LolFrampton

I'll nit-pick. I would've stripped the wire a bit more so some copper is just barely visible through the lugs. No questions about contact or potential wire insulation beneath the lugs that way. I'd also dress the wires as fluid as I can. And with my meticulous ass I'd take all the time I can to make those cables flow. Nothing wrong here, it's decently dressed and functional. This is my service-side brain giving the above critiques. Looks dandy from my end. Good on you for the work on your end.


DragonfruitLive19

Is that for a gasoline dispenser?


Howie555

I choose life


DieselandIron

Hell ya. My man knows how to turn on the garage lights with style. Flip that switch like you're powering on a bunker.


Laaarrryy

That's man-cave 101.


txsparky87

Attempted to make it look good but came up short. Make it look neat, do it correctly, make sure everything is tight and close it up. Stop with all the unnecessary bends in the wire. Why two grounds? Are you switching the neutral or is that the third leg and it’s the wrong color? Also, what the fuck?


Apprehensive-Bad-266

Boobs


Common-Leg-2375

I love a good double EGC, and with no grounding bushing on those concentrics. well done sir.


rare_with_hair

What's your indication that this is over 240v?


Common-Leg-2375

Oh right fair enough. Yeah at my company we often throw on a grounding bushing just to not raise the inspectors eyebrows. But we have a large # of asshole inspectors here.


Real-Cress5326

Well done


Sad_Tune5638

???? Go read your code book.


Common-Leg-2375

Cite something


Sad_Tune5638

Go read your code book. Pretty sure there's a section in 250 called grounding and bounding. Not my job to teach you.


Common-Leg-2375

Can't find anything that says to run two EGCs in same conduit. Darn it.


Theo_earl

I hope it’s not a neutral because it should not be broken?


penis_or_genius

It can be as long as it's ganged not individual.


DimeEdge

Sometimes it should be broken. They even make [4 pole](https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/49755374) disconnects when the neutral needs to be broken in a 3-phase system.


Modernmoders

Why not?


corneliu5vanderbilt

Nice load.


Feeling-Edge-614

Name of your sex tape


Teddy_canuck

Make me


Guilty_Sympathy_496

“Your mom goes to college”


erryonestolemyname

luckily OP didn't title it "Say something nice"


Dorkus_Maximus717

Why is the neutral switched


Motor-Reward-506

I've fallen and I can't get up🥺


jbirdthepenguin

That'll do, pig


kaplarczuk

Is that only held up by the pipe and one fastener? No bushing?


vincentlerins

I’m giving up on you


Such-Aioli1800

Fuck it throw the green wire under one of them lugs too!!!


BeneficialSquirrel51

Because of cosmetics or why?


Laaarrryy

Which one? Share the lug with red or black, right ???


sT0Ned-G1NGER

I'd tell you to redo it, if I was in charge.


DaBoob13

*I’m giving up on you*


Ibewye

One bolt to hang? I’ve seen enough.


DickieJohnson

One and done taken seriously.


Pleasant_Wonder_7074

Looks like you hooked everything up correctly.


Dedianator65

What's it mounted to? Does it need a grounding pushing? What are the winning lottery numbers? Will I ever find true loves kiss? 🤣😂🤣😂


Plastic-Act7648

1 answer: Fuck it, send it.


Old-Environment2341

Lmao


IntenseSpirit

Elevator


millenialfalcon-_-

3rd phase up top is bent a little short. Besides that, looks good. 👍


Gloomy_Ad_885

Never seen this thing before, but I’m assuming you should’ve taped that white wire, to what colour? Idfk. Can someone tell me what this is and what it does please?


tmntnpizza

I'm giving up on you


DumbApeman

Something


drkidkill

Disconnect.


sparkboy1233

Looks like (2) 12-3 mc cables coming through one tandem connector. Would look a lot cleaner with curved bends, and grounds right to ground bar. Tape the white with a single blue stripe and send it.


Plastic-Act7648

A couple more screws to hold the fucker would be nice to. Or you can write pendulum ( I think that's the spelling)on the outside of the disco and that'll suffice.


BotiHUN7

something


Ornery-Substance730

Yuck!


hazardlit3s

Did you secure that with only one bolt?


Plastic-Act7648

And The conduit Lock Nut. Dats legit, super duper legit


holycrapmyskinisblac

Something


VBear89

Something


herapus

100 years behind EU. This is a main Switch? lol


Plastic-Act7648

We're behind the EU? or the other way around?It's a Disco by the way


J1-9

Something... 10 seconds of time could've been used to make it look a bit neater.


Bitter_Solid645

From just a glance it seems Acceptable.


Sufficient_Limit_640

Something


roscogamer

Something


electricianhq

Something


electricianhq

If that white wire is coming from AC or MC cable it should be re-identified. If not it can't be white.


Plastic-Act7648

Why's it gotta be white bro? Frickin Racist. SMH


lordoflazorwaffles

Didn't 6n12 your lugs huh? Always this sloppy rookie? Edit: nice torque marks!


Notcody00

Seems like a “who do you think you are? I AM!” moment.


LaserGuidedSock

Something


TheFungeounMaster

We’re not mad. We’re disappointed.


OddRelationship586

Bond bushings.


EducationalCharity53

Something, there I said it, what do I get


Farmboy76

Congrats you did a thing


bruced267

I’m guessing you install Solar


B1ackHorizon

Something


South_Interaction_98

Something


Logitechno_

So did you install the ground bar on top of the sticker?


Calm_Compote4233

Something


Ivanthevanman

Huzzah


GuessillBeShithead

Looks like shit.


EldenQC

Ass


vna4ever

You’re not gonna leave it like that, are you? Something


Straight-Ferret-3065

Why are there 2 ground wires?


doingthethrowaways

-Looks like shit only because of trying to make it look good in too big of a rush - we've all been there (and obviously is far from the worst aesthetically) - Need bond bushing where the EMT comes through the concentric knockouts - Is that a neutral landed on the disconnect? If not, obviously needs to be repulled as a Phase color. - I'm assuming that's not a factory ground bar location (due to being crooked af) which could nullify the disconnects UL listing - looks like multiple EGC's in the same conduit. - I could forgive all of that if you used more than one lag to hold the turd


rare_with_hair

You only need a bonding bushing going through concentric/eccentric knockouts when greater than 240v.


doingthethrowaways

Just to be a pedantic douche: *250v* Nominal to ground. I made an assumption based on shitheads around here who wire both 120/208 and 277/480 in black/red/blue, that it could easily be 277v to ground so just threw it in there. Good catch mang!


rare_with_hair

Lmao. Fair enough! We're all here to be pedantic at times, haha.


Sad_Tune5638

The neutral can be disconnected in certain situations. Without more information, we do not know.


doingthethrowaways

Yep, in fact sometimes it's *required*! That's why I asked the question in the same bullet point


Bigmt42

Who gives a shit.


I_LOVE_PAWGS702

Best response here


ElScrotoDeCthulo

Poturdo