bomar76
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.....so Friday I am trying to get the electricians to FINALLY put some plugs on the temp light strands so the Mexican Mafia can see at night while they are hanging drywall.
This has been an ongoing battle with the electricians for a week
There is NO temporary power in this phase of the project, so everyone is on gensets. I called and had United Rentals drop off a 6,000 Watt genset (6500 surge) to get us started.
Electricians swore up and down that there is no way in hell that genset will run the temp lights.
Here is what we have:
Six low bay type temps on three circuts.
Per the data plate, they each draw 3 Amps on start up and 2 Amps running when wired 120V.
These 2 JOURNEYMAN electricians are not idiot kids either, both are 50ish.
I keep telling them (this has been going on for 2 weeks) just to put the gawdd@mn plugs on, the genset will handle it.
I did the math for them:
6 fixtures (3 Amp start load) = 18 Amps
18 Amps (120 Volts) = 2160 Watts
(and remember these are start loads, and assumes you plug all three circuts in simultaneously.
Ohms Law totally escapes them.
So I get one of the drywallers to loan me a razor knife, I strip back the romex to bare conductors, shut off the main breaker on genset, jab wires directly into outlets.....all they while they are telling me I'm gonna burn it up and they are not responsible.
Flip the switch, and once the ballasts warm up, Voila, we have SIX lights glowing.
AND, simultaneously with this load, there are Four low rider pilots running drywall screw guns AND 2 scissors lifts plugged in to charge AND a battery pack from a screw gun plugged in to charge.
The freaking engine isn't even laboring.
I tell Misters Tesla and Edison to put the d@mn plugs on.
The entire time they are STILL telling me it won't work, generator is too small.
This has been an ongoing battle with the electricians for a week
There is NO temporary power in this phase of the project, so everyone is on gensets. I called and had United Rentals drop off a 6,000 Watt genset (6500 surge) to get us started.
Electricians swore up and down that there is no way in hell that genset will run the temp lights.
Here is what we have:
Six low bay type temps on three circuts.
Per the data plate, they each draw 3 Amps on start up and 2 Amps running when wired 120V.
These 2 JOURNEYMAN electricians are not idiot kids either, both are 50ish.
I keep telling them (this has been going on for 2 weeks) just to put the gawdd@mn plugs on, the genset will handle it.
I did the math for them:
6 fixtures (3 Amp start load) = 18 Amps
18 Amps (120 Volts) = 2160 Watts
(and remember these are start loads, and assumes you plug all three circuts in simultaneously.
Ohms Law totally escapes them.
So I get one of the drywallers to loan me a razor knife, I strip back the romex to bare conductors, shut off the main breaker on genset, jab wires directly into outlets.....all they while they are telling me I'm gonna burn it up and they are not responsible.
Flip the switch, and once the ballasts warm up, Voila, we have SIX lights glowing.
AND, simultaneously with this load, there are Four low rider pilots running drywall screw guns AND 2 scissors lifts plugged in to charge AND a battery pack from a screw gun plugged in to charge.
The freaking engine isn't even laboring.
I tell Misters Tesla and Edison to put the d@mn plugs on.
The entire time they are STILL telling me it won't work, generator is too small.
