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When you are running cable in the ceiling you have to be careful of what other trade do and do not do: ![[Linked Image from i754.photobucket.com]](https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx190/Professor_Shadow/CeilingSurprise.jpg) Oh look a high voltage enclosure with the door wide open! 
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Been there, seen that, Dean. Except in my case the building owner used to work for the local electric company. He used an old meter box as a junction point in a crawlspace and of course, there was no meter, nor anything else in the hole.
He got a piece of my mind.
Scientists say that the universe is made up of Protons, Neutron & Electrons. They forgot "Morons".
Dave. (CTUB) Canadian Techs Use Bix!
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Yep. I never throw a steel fish tape into unknown areas anymore for this very reason. I love (or not) the conduits that are provided for us that land in a live 277/480 panel. "Oops! I meant to tell you to use that one over there".
Thanks a lot, Pal. Good thing that I didn't burn your project to the ground, but hey, it's all good, right?
Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX
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This is a good point about the fish tape. I guess it is possible what you might think is a data conduit, is actually a electrical conduit. Is this the reason why fiberglass or nylon fish tapes are used so to not get shocked?
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More so for when Sparky is working in an existing panel, adding a circuit. I can see it now when the metal fish tape comes flying through the conduit and hits one of the phases...
Jeff Moss
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I see this kind of work more than I care to admit
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I've seen open junction boxes all the time but never an enclosure like that!
Jeff Moss
Moss Communications
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