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NEC: is it "neck" or N-E-C? zeb7k 11-03-2006
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Posted by krw on November 4, 2006, 10:34 pm


spambait@milmac.com says...
> >Doug Miller wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Just as you mention in your post about referring to the NEC as "code",
> >> >the context would pretty much nail EMT to mean conduit and not some guy
> >> >with some bandages. You've got to pick one side, Doug!
> >>
> >> OK, try this: walk into the electrical department at Home Depot and ask the
> >> first employee you see where the EMT is. I betcha the first reaction will be
> > a
> >> blank look.
> >>
> >> Obviously the results would be different at an electrical supply house.
> >
> >Hey! No fair fixing the bet. All I ever get is blank looks at the
> >Depot!
>
> Well, okay, maybe that was cheating a bit. :-)

Dunno, everyone I ask at the BORG here knows where things are and
are surprisingly helpful. I rather like the joint, though I wish
the lefty-loons would let Lowes in for a little competition.

--
Keith

Real Goods Solar, Inc.
Posted by George E. Cawthon on November 4, 2006, 6:42 pm


Doug Miller wrote:
>> Doug Miller wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> When hearing "EMT" almost everyone thinks "Emergency Medical Technician", not
>>> "Electrical Metallic Tubing."
>> Just as you mention in your post about referring to the NEC as "code",
>> the context would pretty much nail EMT to mean conduit and not some guy
>> with some bandages. You've got to pick one side, Doug!
>
> OK, try this: walk into the electrical department at Home Depot and ask the
> first employee you see where the EMT is. I betcha the first reaction will be a
> blank look.

That would not reflect so much on the usage of EMT
as on the knowledge of the HD employees. There
are a whole lot of things on HD shelves under a
specific name that the employees don't recognize.


>
> Obviously the results would be different at an electrical supply house.
>

Posted by Mark Lloyd on November 4, 2006, 2:08 pm


On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:05:00 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:

wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>When hearing "EMT" almost everyone thinks "Emergency Medical Technician", not
>"Electrical Metallic Tubing."

That's what I would think of.
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Posted by mwesecretary on November 4, 2006, 10:18 am


In the USA, it is referred to as the N-E-C. It is also used in several
Latin American countries, where the custom has been to pronounce it.
However, those of us involved with the code spell it out.

Mark Earley
Secretary of the NEC

Posted by Doug Miller on November 4, 2006, 12:10 pm


>In the USA, it is referred to as the N-E-C. It is also used in several
>Latin American countries, where the custom has been to pronounce it.
>However, those of us involved with the code spell it out.
>
>Mark Earley
>Secretary of the NEC

With all due respect, while you folks involved in *making* the code may
indeed spell it out, in my observation the guys in the field *using* it
pronounce "NEC" as "code".

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

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