charlie
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That is because we don't want our service drops laying in the yard. 
Please help! Couplings in a service mast
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mivey
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Because we are nature-lovers and don't want the squirrels to have to travel all the way down to the ground to reach our transformer poles when the elevated service drop is much easier on them.That is because we don't want our service drops laying in the yard.
macmikeman
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Poco here says not only no couplings above roof line, none less than 24" below it either.
It might be allowed.....
...depending on where that coupling is located at.
Exhibit 4, pg 104
http://www.pseg.com/customer/business/new_service/pdf/RequirementsElecSvc2005.pdf
I would rather the coupling at the bottom myself.....or use a longer piece [344.130] and no couplings
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
It might be allowed.....
...depending on where that coupling is located at.
Exhibit 4, pg 104
http://www.pseg.com/customer/business/new_service/pdf/RequirementsElecSvc2005.pdf
I would rather the coupling at the bottom myself.....or use a longer piece [344.130] and no couplings
IMO the highest support is the one right under the overhang so the coupling could be below that point not above it.
PSEG's Note#4 ~ which was not posted along with the image ~ clarifies this:
I believe you are correct.
Here, the POCO sets the rules on the mast.
Common sense tells you not to put a coupling above the roof.:roll:
Here, they have an odd rule. No straps below a coupling. I think their intention was to avoid weak points at couplings but they didn't write it correctly.
Common sense tells you not to put a coupling above the roof.:roll:
Here, they have an odd rule. No straps below a coupling. I think their intention was to avoid weak points at couplings but they didn't write it correctly.
They made me move my first strap up above the coupling on this 14' riser (to clear an alleyway)
It was of course strapped toward the top and backbraced as well.
No straps below a coupling is their rule :-? so I had to remove a perfectly good strap and install another one a few inches up. That kind of stupidity kills me.
That put it over the 3' mark but the city had already passed it so.....
It was of course strapped toward the top and backbraced as well.
No straps below a coupling is their rule :-? so I had to remove a perfectly good strap and install another one a few inches up. That kind of stupidity kills me.
That put it over the 3' mark but the city had already passed it so.....
wbalsam1
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- Upper Jay, NY
When I was conducting electrical inspections, the five pocos I worked with all required couplings to be mounted below the roof line.
mivey
Senior Member
I agree that it is stupid to make you remove the 1st strap but maybe not so stupid to make you add the second.
I would have argured that it's strapped according to NEC but would have simply installed an additional support without too much fuss. Double strapping at the coupling isn't a completely rediculous request.
Removing a support was plain dumb. All because their specs weren't written properly :roll:
growler
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- Atlanta,GA
Look at it, it's 6 inches longer than the other unistrut, they don't match at all, it just looks bad.
Sierrasparky
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- USA
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- Electrician ,contractor
I can't belive they asked you to remove a strap. I never heard of anything like that. So now you have a unsupported piece of RMC.
You did need the second support you added, but you need the other one also.
That inspector needs a schooling.
You did need the second support you added, but you need the other one also.
That inspector needs a schooling.
Karl H
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Requiring you to remove a strap, now that's ridiculous!
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
and another sketch not allowing a coupling above the roof line.
http://www.pplelectric.com/NR/rdonlyres/40146E3B-4A01-4BFD-B308-3335FBE82BAD/0/sketch3_print.pdf
http://www.pplelectric.com/NR/rdonlyres/40146E3B-4A01-4BFD-B308-3335FBE82BAD/0/sketch3_print.pdf
Sketches
Sketches
you guys are showing me poco sketches from your areas.
they don't apply here, as GPC has no such wording in their blue book which is what we go by. They hooked us up...no prob.
I still have seen only one reply that gave any kind of a code reference, and I greatly appreciate that one. that's what I was looking for, not opinions and design sketches from 1000 miles away.
Sketches
you guys are showing me poco sketches from your areas.
they don't apply here, as GPC has no such wording in their blue book which is what we go by. They hooked us up...no prob.
I still have seen only one reply that gave any kind of a code reference, and I greatly appreciate that one. that's what I was looking for, not opinions and design sketches from 1000 miles away.
Didn't get the answer that you wanted?
No one here is going to tell you that your installation is OK.
steve
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