Urban myth?

[richard 325]

Hi Mike-
Is it an "urban myth" that branch feeder wires and branch circuit conductors cannot share the same enclosures (gutters, junctionboxes, etc.) I cannot find a reference in the NEC for this. :-?

 

[Cow]

Hi Mike-
Is it an "urban myth" that branch feeder wires and branch circuit conductors cannot share the same enclosures (gutters, junctionboxes, etc.)

Yes........

 

[augie47]

Richard
Welcome to the Forum..
change your "feeder" to "service" and look at NEC 230.50

 

[raider1]

Welcome to the forum.

Mike is very busy and doesn't very often post here, so I hope you don't mind if I try to answer your question.

So to put it simply, Yes it is an urban myth that feeder conductors and branch circuit conductors can't occupy the same raceway or enclosure.

You can't have service conductors and non service conductors in the same raceway or cable. (See 230.7)

Chris

 

[infinity]

I agree, urban legend or electrical urban myth take your pick. For what it's worth there are hundreds of them.

 

[Twoskinsoneman]

Welcome to the forum.

Mike is very busy and doesn't very often post here, so I hope you don't mind if I try to answer your question.

So to put it simply, Yes it is an urban myth that feeder conductors and branch circuit conductors can't occupy the same raceway or enclosure.

You can't have service conductors and non service conductors in the same raceway or cable. (See 230.7)

Chris

Has Mike-H ever posted here? What is his screen name?

 

[augie47]

Has Mike-H ever posted here? What is his screen name?

charlie

 

[dcspector]

charlie :d:d:d

lol......Gus that was great!

 

[physis]

Hi Mike-
Is it an "urban myth" that branch feeder wires and branch circuit conductors cannot share the same enclosures (gutters, junctionboxes, etc.) I cannot find a reference in the NEC for this. :-?

So much for them old fashioned breaker panels. :smile:

 

[weressl]

charlie

Yeah, as in Charlie channeling Mike

 

[roger]

Has Mike-H ever posted here? What is his screen name?

Yes he has but not very often

Roger

 

[infinity]

Yes he has but not very often

Roger

Yup, he has less total posts than Iwire has on a bad day.

 

[electricmanscott]

Welcome to the forum.

Mike is very busy and doesn't very often post here, so I hope you don't mind if I try to answer your question.

All that water skiing and money counting leaves little time for forum posting.

 

[peter d]

Yup, he has less total posts than Iwire has on a bad day.

That's because Iwire is a nerd.

 

[electricmanscott]

That's because Iwire is a nerd.

My 12 year old, (a proud nerd) says nerds are the new cool. It's the geeks that are the wierdos.

 

[peter d]

My 12 year old, (a proud nerd) says nerds are the new cool. It's the geeks that are the wierdos.

I stand corrected then. Iwire is a geek....a huge geek.

 

[LarryFine]

I stand corrected then. Iwire is a geek....a huge geek.

What does that make me, a geek-in-training?

 

[peter d]

What does that make me, a geek-in-training?

You are the supreme geek, according to my calculations.

 

[LarryFine]

You are the supreme geek, according to my calculations.

What numbers are you using in those calculations? :-?

Bob has 13.58 posts/day, while I only have 8.52 posts/day.

He's the Uber-geek. :wink:

 

[peter d]

He's the Uber-geek. :wink:

True, but other factors besides post/day and gross post count go into the calculation.