open wiring

open wiring

Electric wiring which uses cleats, flexible tubing, knobs, and tubes to protect and support insulated conductors run on or in a building; not concealed by the building structure.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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