Meter to load center

[iwire]

You bid the job for and outside disconnect, or MM combo. That also means 310.15 b6 is out the window.

The addition of just a main outside changes nothing in regards to using Table 310.15(B)(6).

 

[mcclary's electrical]

The addition of just a main outside changes nothing in regards to using Table 310.15(B)(6).

310.15 b6 is for 3 wire feeder

 

[iwire]

310.15 b6 is for 3 wire feeder

No, it is only to be used when the service is 3 wire, the feeder can be four wire.

 

[mcclary's electrical]

No, it is only to be used when the service is 3 wire, the feeder can be four wire.

I never read it to mean that, but they make 4/0 ser for a reason right?

But the heading in 05' does say 3 wire

 

[iwire]

I am not explaining it well, I may have been reading it wrong. I think it is 215.2(A)(3) that lets us use 310.15(B)(6) for the feeder.

 

[busman]

Because the POCO here supplies meter bases free. If I need an exterior main, I mount it beside or below the meter.

Larry,

I think we are both in Dominion territory. Do they let you use side knockouts in meter bases? Up here, they only let us use the bottom center one on an overhead service (even though the Blue Book says otherwise).

Mark

 

[busman]

The addition of just a main outside changes nothing in regards to using Table 310.15(B)(6).

Agree. That's why the table reference says "serve as the main power feeder" instead of some other language.

Mark

 

[LarryFine]

I think we are both in Dominion territory. Do they let you use side knockouts in meter bases? Up here, they only let us use the bottom center one on an overhead service (even though the Blue Book says otherwise).

I have a Blue Book, go by it, and there's never been any issue with it brought up.

Yes, I've nippled sideways, and occasionally do a 320a with one disco on each side of the meter. My brother's house has that.

On other 320's I've done, I have back-to-back'ed two discos or panels to a 320a base, with the meter straddling the space between the panels.

That makes me think: You know the PVC offset connectors, with threads on one end and a glue socket on the other, in 1.25" and 2" sizes?

I wish they'd make PVC offset nipples, with threads on both ends. They make them in metal, why not PVC?

 

[mivey]

I wish they'd make PVC offset nipples, with threads on both ends. They make them in metal, why not PVC?

http://www.hotbend.com/

 

[LarryFine]

http://www.hotbend.com/

Okay, now how do I use that to make a threaded-on-both-ends offset nipple no more than about 4" long?

 

[mivey]

Okay, now how do I use that to make a threaded-on-both-ends offset nipple no more than about 4" long?

I have no idea.

 

[augie47]

eads on one end and a glue socket on the other, in 1.25" and 2" sizes?

I wish they'd make PVC offset nipples, with threads on both ends. They make them in metal, why not PVC?

http://www.carlon.com/Master Catalog/Conduit_Fittings_Schedule_40_and_80.pdf

 

[mivey]

http://www.carlon.com/master catalog/conduit_fittings_schedule_40_and_80.pdf

...with threads on both ends...

. .

 

[mivey]

You know the PVC offset connectors, with threads on one end and a glue socket on the other, in 1.25" and 2" sizes?

Will a bigger connector glue over the socket?

 

[Buck Parrish]

Will a bigger connector glue over the socket?

Glue a 2" pvc chase nipple in it. The supply house calls them TA's. It goes right through the 2" knockout and in to the 4" long offset.

 

[LarryFine]

http://www.carlon.com/Master Catalog/Conduit_Fittings_Schedule_40_and_80.pdf

Nope. Only meter offsets.

 

[Volta]

Nope. Only meter offsets.

And they're not listed either. 352.6.

 

[infinity]

http://www.carlon.com/Master Catalog/Conduit_Fittings_Schedule_40_and_80.pdf

And why don't they make those meter offsets in 1.5"?

 

[augie47]

opps I knew I could not read, now I can't see pictures either :grin:
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