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battleships= Hold-Its for supporting old work boxes
sniffer= a non-contact voltage detector
from-to= a fitting to change from emt to flex

silly putty- they the wad of rubbery stuff that you put around the wires in a service>

floater - 1900 box that the carpenter attaches to the whip of a double oven, then attaches another whip from same 1900 box(floater) to the building wiring for feed. Whole assembly gets stuffed behind the appliance for a nice finished look.

Nuke Test/Smoke Test = Bringing a Service or Equipment on line.
Customers love to here the electrician yell out "everybody clear, Nuke Test!"

Rob

"Pot" = transformer
"hot" = energized
"Shotgun" = insulated stick used to attach grounds
"Coming hot" = anytime you are about to energize some equipment
"Fuzzing the line" = the technique of holding an insulated stick up close to a high voltage line and listening for the static buzz to see if it's hot. Thankfully, not needed anymore with the advent of voltage detectors.
"door" = the fuse barrel of distribution line fuse. Also called a cut-out.

Let's bump this one. The subject of slang has come up again.
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I've seen the term "bucket" used around here before. I think it was in reference to a piece of switchgear. Can someone elaborate a little bit for me ?

Mike (mamills)

Just how does "biaxial cable" differ from metal clad? It is all called BX in these parts and is only available with an insulated ground.

1900 boxes and 8B are old Steel City or Appleton p/n's for 4-S and 4-O, respectively.

I learned the trade when the old timers called lead anchors, " A-J's" presumably after the Ackerman Johnson company that is one of the mfgs. of those type anchors. The new installation tool sold by Greenlee is called a "flush setter" in the NWA market.

Mamills;

the word "bucket" that refered to the draw out large breaker enclosure this is common on larger switchboard installment area.

typically they are rated over 1200 amp or larger [ 600v or less ] and med and high voltage will be in any ampacity size as well.

the common way the large breaker come out just like desk drawer go out of desk and bucket set up will have bussbar clips [ this part you have to be becarefull to get in correct phase other wise see you in somewhere in space ]

merci , marc

Fried I am not sure I have ever seen brand name BX but usually that refers to type AC type products. MC is somewhat different since it has a plastic inner wrap instead of paper and it is usually "wet location" rated but you couldn't bond (ground) your system with the armor. The armor of AC is rated as a bonding conductor (EGC) since it has that little strip in it.
What is old becomes new again and MC is now getting an internal bonding wire that will allow MC to be rated for bonding via the armor. The new stuff uses a big conductor for bonding tho.




[This message has been edited by gfretwell (edited 10-19-2006).]