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Copper clad AL is here, I dislike AL alloy in smaller conductors but have heard it is only the bigger homebuilders that are using it.

This is seeing a 100-200 MA spike in the EGC on start up so I am thinking there is a fault in the start windings. It has really been raining every time I get a chance to work on it so I haven't had a chance to meter the windings or tear it down to see if there is a dirt dauber nest in there shorting something out

We do a lot of commercial remodels, and restaurant jobs have one golden rule: get the kitchen equipment cut sheets before pulling a single wire. The panel schedule on paper never matches what the owner actually buys. Also budget for bringing the service up to current code while the walls are open — it's the cheapest time to do it. Our team at Carolina Commercial Electric has been through plenty of these, and the jobs that go sideways are always the ones where the electrical was designed off a menu instead of the equipment list.

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