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road dogAn electrician that quits his five day a week job, that he can only make it to work four days, to go on the road for the overtime. (six or seven day weeks) also known as road whore
( This is not true of all road dogs, some just like seeing the world, and are responsible people)

ratchet jaw Tells the same stories continuosly. Even to people he does'nt know on his way to the gang box or at the supply house. In other words actually slows everybody else down besides not working his or herself.

Roger

[This message has been edited by Roger (edited 06-18-2002).]

I hi-jacked this link from the Mike Holt site. Though it would add to this thread some. http://www.tradeslang.com/
Wirewiz

GC: grounded conductor
GE: grounding electrode

More?

Since this thread was recently resurrected...

Goof Plugs (AKA Goof fillers, Oopsies) = K.O. sealing caps

Reeler = the welded metal stand you feed 500' wire spools from when pulling wire - they look like an upside down "U" with 4 crossarms.

Roller = either a 4' fold up or 6' break down scaffold with wheels on the bottom. Don't ask... it's not OSHA compliance that got it this name

can (alt.) = a recessed lighiting fixture.

tell-tale = a non-contact voltage detector, indicates by visual, audio, or both.

stick = conduit, either singular or plural.

Eandrew:

"get me a box of watts! - I fell for that one only once."

Heh we used to send our Apprentice's for either a *Long weight* or a *Can of welding Sparks*

They tried to catch me with a Sky hook .. was'ent biting that day though

Shaine~

Ever been caught by the question.
"Go get me 20 20mm elbows,left-hand only".
Take all the right-hand ones back and get the right ones!, boy!.

Bump


Add as you please!

(Someone requested this in another thread)

[This message has been edited by electure (edited 04-07-2005).]

Volt-tick, ticker = non-contact voltage detectors.

reeler = spooler, stand

KO fillers = "snap ins" (also used for breaker space fillers)

Have sent several e-mails to the folks over @ tradeslang - great site, but their picture of "dikes" looks amazingly like a set of Klein linesman pliers... as I said in my e-mail "If I'd handed those to my foreman when he asked me for dikes, I'd woulda caught 'em in the head!"

Doc - we call 4" x 4" x 1 1/2" boxes "1900's" up here in the Chicago area too. The 2 1/2" deep ones are, of course, "deep 1900's".

A few I used today
Cub
Bat Wing
The "District"

just get urrr done.



[This message has been edited by electure (edited 10-21-2006).]

1G = 1 Gang Box or arrangement
2G = 2 Gang Box...
3G = 3 Gang Box...
4G = 4 Gang Box...
Ect...