I couldn't agree with Don and Bob more on the subject of MW branch circuits. I've used them for years in residential and saved thousands of feet of EMT and #12 THHN in comm/ind. But I do have to say I've witnessed a disturbing trend towards MW circuits in the training program. There are a couple of guys around here(my area) who have recently finished their 5 year program and passed their Masters and think MW circuits are irresponsible and dangerous. They got that from their instructors and I've seen the study materials they were given to back up that assumption. Which confirms my belief that you don't have to be new to the trade to have a poor understanding of certain areas of it. We've seen this in several threads on this and other forums concerning MW circuits. Makes me wonder if the pipe institute or copper consortium is sponsoring some of these training programs. You say multi-wire circuit to some and they automatically think "reckless hack".
[This message has been edited by Fred (edited 03-11-2005).]
