[SBE] toxic chemical reminiscences

[John Collinson]

>

> If voltages in excess of one volt were the criteria then the flashlight she

> carried to find your "violations" also needs to be in conduit.  No wonder

> California is bankrupt.  Guess they'd have to pay for the conduit with an

> IOU.

>

John


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>

>

> Yeah, we had a nanny state OSHA visit at WSNS and got dinged for not having

> a MSDS for solder. in LA we had to have dust capture for saws and all kinds

> of  nanny state junk. Had to toss some nice bench tools because they weren't

> OSHA compliant, no guards and such. At one site we couldn't pass electrical

> inspection because the audio video cables were not in conduit and had to

> rewire with plenum rated cable even though there was no plenum. Had one

> inspector actually measure the voltage on the audio and video cables and she

> complained that the speaker wires weren't in conduit because when the amp

> was turned up there was over a volt and it was considered a fire hazard. I

> asked her if her home stereo speaker wires were in conduit and she said it

> wasn't required in residential buildings but was in commercial. So some

> handy BX and J boxes and she was happy. Reminds me of the cartoon of a

> safety net around the rodeo bull.

>

> Henry

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John Collinson
CPBE+8VSB+AMD, CBNT
Modulation Limited, Inc.
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