ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues BX..... How did it get its name?

According to David Shapiro's "Old Electrical Wiring," the name BX is a trademark owned by GE. The name is short for "Bronx" because GE had a manufacturing facitlity to make the cable there.

AC is the technically correct name for "BX" as BX is considered slang.

Peter

[This message has been edited by CTwireman (edited 05-23-2004).]