sodonnell
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It wasn't weatherproof! They had washed down the area, and directly sprayed the box with water. When the breaker kicked an inexperienced electrician reset the breaker witout checking what had happened. Had this been in a house, I think it would have burned to the ground. As it was in a factory and the wall was fire retardent there was no other damage. As for the switch, it melted the center. Service was from 277 and there were three switches installed. You are correct on the voltage
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Here is an example of not having something watertight when it needs to be. Click to Enlarge 58.07 KB Click to Enlarge 70.46 KB
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2 wire, armored cable, possibly aluminum?
sodonnell replied to sodonnell's topic in Electrical Forum
thats what I am thinking. I guess experience played with my mind on this one, having never seen 2 wire aluminum I assumed it was tinned copper, but didn't really look at it to be sure. I think I will go back and make sure. I just wanted to se if anyone had seen this before. Thanks -
I have been going through posts both here and on other sites and cannot find an answer to the question that i have. I ran into this the other day: while installing lights in an older home ( probably mid 60's) I was confronted with a 2 wire metal or armor sheathed cable, ran everywhere in the house. At first i thought that the wire was aluminum, then I realized that it couldn't be because I can't remember ever seeing aluminum wire in armor. Now I am going to see if I can get the lady to let me come back because I fear I may ahve been wrong and it is aluminum, better safe than sorry. Has anyone had experience with this type of wire? ever seen it?