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Yes. Nearly everything must be in conduit here. Exceptions include disposal and dishwasher whips for example where you need the flexibility.

The last few full basements I did averaged 700 feet of pipe per job.

Some AHJ's even want a lot of the low voltage in pipe. Such as one town wants the little tiny wire that connects to the water meter to the outside remote reader in pipe.

I'm so used to it that anything else actually looks odd to me.:clap:

PS-EDIT I notice that on that buried box pic, there is no green screw sticking out of the back, so they likely didn't run the ground wire either.

 

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Some AHJ's even want a lot of the low voltage in pipe. Such as one town wants the little tiny wire that connects to the water meter to the outside remote reader in pipe.

Orland Park???

Doing LV undercabs, runs are in EMT.

Done the wall chase in Orland a few times.

Tom

 

I see this in So. Cal. all the time but usually only in the demising walls for condos.

Same stupid, illogical wiring as you are describing also.

Andy.

 

I don't do NM, but I believe it is limited by the type of construction classification.

Tom

 

Ron, do you rough in a lot of your home runs in the slab, at least the larger loads?

 

Luckily not. Almost every home has a basement or at least a crawlspace here. First floor usually gets piped from the bottom and second floors usually get piped from the first floor for receptacle runs. The home runs for each floor run near the panel, vertically straight up and then we work from a deep box with an extension ring to go from there on each floor. Around here, for the second floor, the home run from the panel usually is in a second floor closet light nearest the panel vertically.

 

Locally most non combustible construction is BX, you may see the odd old one piped in flex. Most often communications are piped in ENT or Flex. ENT being a fraction of the price it's vastly more popular in non visible areas.

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Pretty common to hear ENT called smurf tube.

Tom

 

Or by the brand Corline

 

Looks like your average FL condo.

 

When I used to frame a lot of condos, the rule was if it was considered four story then you needed an electrical room with the cable going to each unit, inside conduit. Three story condo didn't need any conduit. I remember the electrician on one three story condo I did running all the main cables going to every unit through the kitchen cabinet soffit drops on one unit. He said if I saw all these cables going through here, I wouldn't buy this unit! EMF's are for real! Those were his words

 

Oh yeah, makes the dog walk funny and your kids get addicted to it. Next thing ya know they start eating magnets.