On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:06:13 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> >> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 7:08:27 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Good catch. I spent the evening installing a new ceiling fan. No
> >>>> pictures - I'm not John and I've installed probably a dozen ceiling fans
> >>>> in my life. I had to pull an additional wire through the conduit for
> >>>> the new fan/light switch combo. Good thing I had some wire lube left
> >>>> over from pulling my new LED pool light wires.
> >>> Oooh. Conduit. Posh. We just have romex pulled through holes
> >>> drilled in the ceiling joists.
> >>>
> >>> Now I'll lie awake nights, daydreaming of conduit.
> >>>
> >>> Cindy Hamilton
> >> I was lucky. The house was built in 1992 so it might have been code at
> >> the time.
> > It probably has more to do with location than time. Pulling romex
> > was and still is code here. IIRC it's not legal in Chicago, for
> > example. All wiring must be in conduit there, even if it's
> > flexible conduit.
> >
> > Or else the electrician was instructed or wanted to use conduit for
> > some other reason.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> In Chicago it's all about the unions. They don't think Joe Blow can run
> BX (if they still call it that) or conduit.
>
> I have romex in the walls that I have worked on. They have steel
> studs. This is in the vaulted ceiling running through a wood truss.
> It's a custom home but it might have been an after thought that another
> electrician installed before the drywall went in. I'm just glad it was
> there!

Ah. Steel studs. That makes all the difference.

Cindy Hamilton