Useless Information
What cows drink.
What is water?
Spencer and Haden might have a slight edge using this tool to pull wire through conduits. Or, so they say.
What is a fish tape?
The type of fire extinguisher used to put out electrical fires.
What is a type C fire extinguisher?
The article that covers general requirements for electrical installations.
What is Article 110.
The order in which most electricians hook up wires to ensure a safe and accurate installation.
What is ground, neautral, hot?
The number of months that have 28 days.
What is twelve?
A type of saw that has a thin, one piece blade that moves in one direction around to guides and is preferred when cutting large pieces of conduit.
What is a band saw?
PPE
What is personal protective equipment?
The maximum distance allowed between supports when running non-metallic sheathed cable.
What is four and a half feet?
According to Mr. Burdick, this is the first rule in the "Rules of Three-Way Switches".
What is get a neutral to the light?
Specifically, where Spongebob Squarepants lives.
Where is a pineapple, under the sea?
According to many electricians, its the "go-to" tool for removing staples and cutting wire.
What are diagonals (dikes)?
SDS
What is a safety data sheet?
This was the year that the first nationally recognized National Electrical code was published.
What is 1895?
In a pinch, electricians may do this when an extra neutral conductor is available, but a "hot" is needed.
What is re identify the neutral?
A breed of K-9 that once served as the BCC mascot.
What is the bulldog?
Slightly different from the right angle drill, Milwaukee made a name for this high torque, low speed drill used to bore holes in wood.
What is a Hole Hawg?
These non-renewable items provide over-current protection for conductors.
What are fuses?
The minimum distance a hole can be bored from the front of a stud without the use of a nail plate when cables are ran through them?
What is 1 and 1/4"?
You'll need to bend one of these if you want to connect your conduit to a box in a neat and workman like manner (without a standoff strap).
What is a box offset?
The amount of wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
What is many of wood (or as much as a woodchuck could chuck)?
This company made rotary hammer drills famous.
Who is Hilti?
This document helps define the guidelines for working with hazardous electrical energy.
What is the NFPA 70E?
The agency responsible for issuing the National Electrical Code.
Who is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)?
Use these with your code book if you want to find things easily.
What are tabs?