Forum Title: Re: Tricks of trade
I don't know if this topic came up before, but I thought that I would throw out something to help my fellow EC's. When my guys and I trimmed out a house, I made all men carried a level. The plates all had to be level. Nothing worse than seeing plates and light fixtures (Excuse me, Luminers) (I think I spelled that wrong, but I don't care) I used to catch hell from GC's and HO's when the plates were crooked. So I made my guys finish off each 6-32 screw on the plates so the slot was up and down on each screw. This way when the painters took the plates off and screwed them back on all crooked, I could just look at the screws and know that someone took them off after we installed them.
Category: General Electrical Discussion Post By: Tanya Park (Seavey, MN), 03/23/2017
My wife had one electrician who popped a chalk line down the wall before he set the boxes so they were all exactly the same height. He said it was faster than measuring each one and gave a better result.

- Terry N (Haram, ND), 03/25/2017

I have done this and used my laser bob to get the 2 end the same. When I on a rough wire a use a piece of wood set to give me 18" orf to center. Same can be done for switches. Ob

- Esteban Dominguez (Carson, WA), 03/25/2017

One of tricks is to use pieces of fish instead of the reel. 10 to 12' piece works great for down walls etc. than wire can be pulled up or down and the control is greater, not having a big clunky reel. I have 2 such cut and been using then for years. I do very little new work:)Ob

- Charles O (Cheney, KS), 03/25/2017

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