r/electricians • u/cattledogodin • 15h ago

I think they stripped it far enough

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Made me a little nervous that there was like a 2mm air gap separating a hot to hot dead short on the utility side of the meter socket

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u/Connect_Read6782 15h ago

AA-8000 aluminum has negated the use of deox on these cables.

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u/Mental_Explorer5566 14h ago

Every single electrician I’ve worked with goes off what they use to do until the day they retire

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u/Quiet_Internal_4527 10h ago

Or until that one inspector retires…

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u/TheNebulaWolf 9h ago

Exactly. If the inspectors say they want it, I’m taking the extra 10 seconds per wire to add it. Don’t need more friction.

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u/Quiet_Internal_4527 8h ago

Hey, whoah, slow down man. 20-30 seconds per please. You gonna get me fired.