Service Entrance conductor definition

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unsaint33

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Mike Holt defines service conductors such as Service Drop Conductor as "the conductors from the service point to the service disconnecting means (service equipment, not meter)." But NFPA defines it differently as shown in the picture I am attaching. The picture clearly puts the service drop conductor TO (not "from") the service point. Who is correct?
 

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david luchini

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Mike Holt defines service conductors such as Service Drop Conductor as "the conductors from the service point to the service disconnecting means (service equipment, not meter)." But NFPA defines it differently as shown in the picture I am attaching. The picture clearly puts the service drop conductor TO (not "from") the service point. Who is correct?

The NEC defines service conductors as "The conductors from the service point to the service disconnecting means."

In the pictures, the service drop conductors and service lateral conductors are not "service conductors" by definition.
 

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Mike Holt defines service conductors such as Service Drop Conductor as "the conductors from the service point to the service disconnecting means (service equipment, not meter)." But NFPA defines it differently as shown in the picture I am attaching. The picture clearly puts the service drop conductor TO (not "from") the service point. Who is correct?

The title of your thread says "service entrance conductor" but the body is talking about service drop conductors. There may be some type of typo if you have something that says Mike has defined the Service Drop Conductors as "the conductors from the service point to the service disconnecting means (service equipment, not meter)." Service drop conductors end at the service point.
 
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