drodrigu Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I was at a jobsite looking at the temp lighting, when I noticed the 2 wires red and white without any insulation for the lighting. Is this ok with all the metal stud work running all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I was at a jobsite looking at the temp lighting, when I noticed the 2 wires red and white without any insulation for the lighting. Is this ok with all the metal stud work running all over. I'm having a tad bit of trouble trying to understand what you are asking? Any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodrigu Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I am having trouble downloading picture, My question is un insulated wiring running through metel stud framing throughout jobsite. Could this wiring (2 wires)which is energized electricute or shock anyone if it was pushed and grounded to the metal track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I am having trouble downloading picture, My question is un insulated wiring running through metel stud framing throughout jobsite. Could this wiring (2 wires)which is energized electricute or shock anyone if it was pushed and grounded to the metal track? I'm sure those are two possible outcomes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 When you say "no insulation", are you saying there's 2 bare copper wires sitting on bare steel studs? Or, are you saying the nylon jacket of the NMC was removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 I was at a jobsite looking at the temp lighting, when I noticed the 2 wires red and white without any insulation for the lighting. Is this ok with all the metal stud work running all over. Save your picture as a JPEG file, re-size it to under 200Kb and then name it without any spaces or special symbols. This won't work: picture of wires #1(2) This will: picture_of_wires_1_2 Once you've done that, it should upload fine. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Sounds like he's got single wire THHN or something similar with no jacket/ sheathing. If that's the case, then no, it should not be done that way. Those wires need to be run in a conduit/ raceway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 I was at a jobsite looking at the temp lighting, when I noticed the 2 wires red and white without any insulation for the lighting. Is this ok with all the metal stud work running all over. I can't figure out squat from that description. Either post a picture or describe the issue more clearly. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 I can't figure out squat from that description. Yeah, I did a lot of assuming on this one. I just can't think of any other wire that would be red colored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 I can't figure out squat from that description. Yeah, I did a lot of assuming on this one. I just can't think of any other wire that would be red colored. Perhaps. But it seems like everytime we get an unknown person posting a poorly worded description, it turns out that the issue has nothing to do with what we "thought" he was talking about and we just waste our time speculating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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