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 ## Chapter 2 Wiring and Protection

-* [[nfpa-70_200|200 Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors]]
+* [[nfpa-70_200_grounded-conductors|200 Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors]]
 * [[nfpa-70_210_branch-circuits|210 Branch Circuits]]
 * [[nfpa-70_215_feeders|215 Feeders]]
 * [[nfpa-70_220_load-calculations|220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Load Calculations]]
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+id: 2026-03-13T09:47:42-04:00
+aliases: []
+title: 2026-03-13 09:47:42
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/periodic/timestamped
+daily: "[[2026-03-13]]"
+date-created: 2026-03-13T09:47:42-04:00
+dg-publish: true
+monthly: "[[2026-03]]"
+quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]"
+weekly: "[[2026-W11]]"
+yearly: "[[2026]]"
+---
+# 2026-03-13 09:47:42
+
+I frequently have ideas of automation for [[construction-estimating]],
+but I am often discouraged to the point of abandoning them
+when considering the possibility that their use may not be permitted
+because they can not be implemented with existing processes and tools.
+
+For example, measuring unit subfeeds manually in LiveCount
+is a monotonous and labor intensive activity
+that could, as a single task, be automated very simply
+with a search algorithm like [A*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm).
+Such a program could also calculate voltage drop.
+
+I think, though, I may have been unfair to my employers (current and previous).
+Innovative methods will always be bottlenecked by Accubid's strict input pattern,
+but there are still opportunities for improvement
+that can comply with existing expectations of evidence.
+
+For the unit subfeeds example,
+a program could be made to draw the paths
+with colors by cable type
+and a legend with counts and total lengths,
+writing the markup to PDF or TIFF
+which could be uploaded