don_resqcapt19 said:Is a trough (wireway) a raceway?
Don
big vic said:I have two 200 amp panels separated by a 8x8x4 trough that has only service entrance conductors in it.
big vic said:Can I splice some branch circuit wires in a 8x8 trough that has the service entrance conductors in it.
I want to move some of the circuits from A to B. Splicing them in the trough is the easiest thing to do
You will have to cut the trough completely into two "custom-length" sections and add two end caps. Your post reads as though you are thinking of using an end cap as a divider/barrier... but as long as the wireway is one section, or joined sections, it is still one and the same wireway. I do think it is a bit overkill to make separate raceways, but I don't see any other compliant way to do it.big vic said:...If I have to I will separate them with a third end cap so the top part of the trough will be isolated
LarryFine said:Vic, unless the centered trough is as tall as the panels, can't you connect a new nipple between panels? If not, how about a pair of back-to-back 90's above or below them?
An auxiliary gutter is not a raceway. 230.7 does not apply.
RB1 said:Raider,
It is not a raceway. During the 2002 Code cycle there was a proposal to add "auxiliary gutters" to Section 250.92. The substantiation for this proposal was that an auxiliary gutter is not a raceway. The Code Panel agreed and added auxiliary gutters to the requirement. I am going to go with Code Panel 5on this one.
P.S. See also the list of raceways included in the FPN following 300.17. Wireways are included, auxiliary gutters are not included.