Doug Miller wrote:
In article . com, "N8N" wrote:

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Doug Miller wrote:

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Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
pronounce it "neck"?

In my experience, most electricians pronounce NEC as "Code".

Good one. This reminds me: One day at Lowes I asked where the RMC
was. After some explanation the guy realized what I wanted was
"thick-wall" conduit. --Not that electricians are a bunch of dummies
but there is NEC way of referring to things and everyone else's way.

Ayup. In your instance I've generally heard the two types referred to
as "rigid" and "EMT" (oh noes, another acronym!)


I've never heard anybody call EMT "EMT" -- it's always "thinwall".


A lot of the electricians I've dealt with actually call it "EMT" but
then again they are all fire alarm specialists not general electricians
so there may be some differences in common usage.

nate

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