Don I had already been thinking of you in this thread, I know you had said you guys stay away from solid.

We do not, that I know of price it differently.

Its all in what the labor force is used to working with.

If we priced dwelling units with EMT the price would go up as our guys are not used to that, for guys in your area it's just another day. [Linked Image]

For us solid does not slow us down, but we use more than the code required size boxes and are used to the solid.

I just started a job Monday that is 100% EMT that is very unusual for us and it is a nice change from the typical cable work we do. With an average of four guys we got in a little over 5000' since Tuesday. [Linked Image]

Its all 3/4" and 1" for branch circuits in a large retail store. All 20 amps circuits are speced 10 AWG but they did not specify solid or stranded. As it is up to me we will be using stranded.

I read an article in a trade mag that said solid provides a slight energy savings over the life of an electrical system. I have always figured that is why the engineers around here have a thing for solid.

Bob

Bob Badger
Construction & Maintenance Electrician
Massachusetts