Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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

In Chicago it's all about the unions.Â* They don't think Joe Blow can run
BX (if they still call it that) or conduit.

I have romex in the walls that I have worked on.Â* They have steel
studs.Â* This is in the vaulted ceiling running through a wood truss.Â*
It's a custom home but it might have been an after thought that another
electrician installed before the drywall went in.Â* I'm just glad it was
there!