Yes it is it’s paper the wax on it doesn’t protect it it’s only there for manufacturing of the cable so the outer jacket doesn’t stick to the yellow cover
I love your channel. So many help DIY videos!!! I am researching the electrical code regarding installing a level 2 EV charger in Los Angeles, CA. The distance from my panel to the charger location in my garage is 90 feet and it will run under my house in the crawl space. Do I need to put the Romex wire in a conduit or since it willl be in a crawl space, I don’t need a conduit? Thank you for the help and advice.
@@ElectricProAcademy DIY mostly. But I am a software engineer and have found learning the more fundamentals about electricity and home electrical work really satisfying. More than any other part of the home. I love watching you work! 👍 I do a lot of design and web development, let me know if I can ever be of help in that capacity.
My upgrade of service from 100 to 200 with a outside main cut off, lasted less than 5 minutes. His only comment was label ALL breakers in the box even if they are not used at this time; people need to know what is hooked up and what is not.
"Snake of a skin" :D Joel... as always, the entire video was super helpful. I learned an amazing amount from your Leviton panel replacement vid, thank you! Your explanation of the code of clearance around a panel saved me from making a really expensive mistake...
Ok. so when he asked if the paper is fire resistant I realized that I have been holding two contradicting ideas in my head for a very long time. 1) All things engineered for electrical work are designed with fire prevention in mind and 2) the paper in NM cables seems to be just normal paper that would burn normally. So immediately I went to the truck and grabbed some paper from the wire sheathing and held a flame to it. It caught fire just as easily as normal paper would and it was actually much harder to put out than normal paper! Blowing on the small flame would not put it out! Non-scientific I know but I thought I would share.
That paper inside NM cable is definitely flammable to some degree. At least the particular cable I was working on one day was. Accidentally nicked one of the conductors after stripping the sheathing and tried using shrink wrap to protect it (since it was so tight to the sheath, and I had limited cable length). A heat gun was probably a better idea than a mini dremel butane torch to secure that shrink wrap. Thankfully no fire
So much here you could pickup from the code. You only skimmed the surface understandably but great job nevertheless. Grounding gas pipe bonding assuming it’s metal and connects to mass of earth. Bonding random metal fixtures in the house and fittings (radiators, copper water pipes ) that are not connected to mass of earth could create a ground fault and shock hazard of its own.
That being said to do the calculation you will need a tester that can read higher ohm readings of around 1Megohm that could be beyond most multimeters. You will need a specialist continuity and insulation resistance meter - megger do quite a few of those.
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Yes it is it’s paper the wax on it doesn’t protect it it’s only there for manufacturing of the cable so the outer jacket doesn’t stick to the yellow cover
Love it guys! Awesome video and tons of good info 👍
I love your channel. So many help DIY videos!!! I am researching the electrical code regarding installing a level 2 EV charger in Los Angeles, CA. The distance from my panel to the charger location in my garage is 90 feet and it will run under my house in the crawl space. Do I need to put the Romex wire in a conduit or since it willl be in a crawl space, I don’t need a conduit?
Thank you for the help and advice.
Love the format 👍 really enjoy how articulate and specific you talk about electrical codes. Keep it up thank you 🎉
@@ElectricProAcademy DIY mostly. But I am a software engineer and have found learning the more fundamentals about electricity and home electrical work really satisfying. More than any other part of the home. I love watching you work! 👍 I do a lot of design and web development, let me know if I can ever be of help in that capacity.
My upgrade of service from 100 to 200 with a outside main cut off, lasted less than 5 minutes. His only comment was label ALL breakers in the box even if they are not used at this time; people need to know what is hooked up and what is not.
"Snake of a skin" :D Joel... as always, the entire video was super helpful. I learned an amazing amount from your Leviton panel replacement vid, thank you! Your explanation of the code of clearance around a panel saved me from making a really expensive mistake...
Ok. so when he asked if the paper is fire resistant I realized that I have been holding two contradicting ideas in my head for a very long time. 1) All things engineered for electrical work are designed with fire prevention in mind and 2) the paper in NM cables seems to be just normal paper that would burn normally. So immediately I went to the truck and grabbed some paper from the wire sheathing and held a flame to it. It caught fire just as easily as normal paper would and it was actually much harder to put out than normal paper! Blowing on the small flame would not put it out! Non-scientific I know but I thought I would share.
That paper inside NM cable is definitely flammable to some degree. At least the particular cable I was working on one day was. Accidentally nicked one of the conductors after stripping the sheathing and tried using shrink wrap to protect it (since it was so tight to the sheath, and I had limited cable length). A heat gun was probably a better idea than a mini dremel butane torch to secure that shrink wrap. Thankfully no fire
this is literally one of the most helpful videos i've ever seen for a home inspection - such great guys
So much here you could pickup from the code. You only skimmed the surface understandably but great job nevertheless.
Grounding gas pipe bonding assuming it’s metal and connects to mass of earth.
Bonding random metal fixtures in the house and fittings (radiators, copper water pipes ) that are not connected to mass of earth could create a ground fault and shock hazard of its own.
That being said to do the calculation you will need a tester that can read higher ohm readings of around 1Megohm that could be beyond most multimeters. You will need a specialist continuity and insulation resistance meter - megger do quite a few of those.