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Can't you guys just wait for the psychadelic version to be marketed? Far out man.....

In typical Ford tradition, for many years our equivalent of NM was available in any color so long it was gray.

These days we have the much wider range of choice and can buy gray or white, with cable clips to match.

Have any of you guy's used the color banded MC yet. Same great idea? Paul, this is a little closer to psychadelic. Of couse there have been times after getting hammered by a live circuit, everything was psychadelic for a while.

Roger



[This message has been edited by Roger (edited 06-29-2002).]

CanadianSparky--in the 1970s I remember seeing a remodeled home in SE Alberta that used new roofing panels called "aspenite" [OSB?] and some extra-fat gnarley orange 75°C "romex"...the conductors were more like THW (south) or TWH (north.) This was a few US-code editions before NM-B down here.

I read the article giving this award to Encore wire and they claim to have "invented" it, yet Southwire had it on the market in our area at least 2 months before any other manufacturer. Now it seems every NM maker is coloring the wires. We really like using it, it is so much easier to grab a rol of wire and know you have the right size without having to look closely. I would like to know why 6awg and 8 awg are both black, why not green and blue?

[This message has been edited by Electric Eagle (edited 06-30-2002).]

Jim,
Yes the 3 conductor cables are also coded the same color as their 2 conductor versions. I was told that the main reason for the color coding was to help inspectors identify the guages easier. I don't know if they meant home inspectors or county inspectors. It's available here in AZ at the big orange stores.

[This message has been edited by Brian Winkle (edited 07-01-2002).]