On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 7:08:27 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> >
> >> Good catch. I spent the evening installing a new ceiling fan. No
> >> pictures - I'm not John and I've installed probably a dozen ceiling fans
> >> in my life. I had to pull an additional wire through the conduit for
> >> the new fan/light switch combo. Good thing I had some wire lube left
> >> over from pulling my new LED pool light wires.
> > Oooh. Conduit. Posh. We just have romex pulled through holes
> > drilled in the ceiling joists.
> >
> > Now I'll lie awake nights, daydreaming of conduit.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> I was lucky. The house was built in 1992 so it might have been code at
> the time.

It probably has more to do with location than time. Pulling romex
was and still is code here. IIRC it's not legal in Chicago, for
example. All wiring must be in conduit there, even if it's
flexible conduit.

Or else the electrician was instructed or wanted to use conduit for
some other reason.

Cindy Hamilton