Pull box every 200'
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Nope not at all.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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buldogg
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- Green Bay, Wisc.
No, and the non-rule used to be one every 100'.
For ease of installation the 100 ft. rule is still followed
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- Massachusetts
Not by me unless forced by spec.
barbeer
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Yeah...No code but if you only have a 200' fish tape and your vac is broke.........
dcspector
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- Burke, Virginia
Ideal 240' foot tape and maintain your tools. I am old and can get away with comments like that.:smile:...Note I am a member of AARP.
dcspector
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dcspector
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Greg I was just having fun poking at you I'm a member as well. :grin:
Uhhh Ken have you signed up yet?
I'm too old. I'm in the AAOG.
dcspector
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weressl
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dcspector
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Ouch! A bit drastic wouldnt you agree in these trying times.
weressl has a good point, you might be surprised how little some engineers know about code.
This is a owner's representative doing an inspection on a design build where I had some control over the specs; so it is absolutely not written in the specs.
As a side note we also had an interesting conversation about voltage drop and FPNs. My foreman sized everything for 5% and this nimwit insisted that 3% was a code mandate.
Winning friend and influencing people can be a real pain sometimes.
This is a owner's representative doing an inspection on a design build where I had some control over the specs; so it is absolutely not written in the specs.
As a side note we also had an interesting conversation about voltage drop and FPNs. My foreman sized everything for 5% and this nimwit insisted that 3% was a code mandate.
Winning friend and influencing people can be a real pain sometimes.
ohmhead
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- ORLANDO FLA
Well i had to post because its my first post that i actually agree totally with every post just a joke guys !:grin:
Now you may not believe this but most of our runs are between 385 ft 600 ft on a length average .
We only install a pull box if the bends exceed more than two 90 s in a run company rules .
Or if the engineer specs state it .
Now i had once a 1100 foot run no box two 90 elbows rigid conduit .
What we do is up size the conduit and use rigid 90 s or use sweeps
You can use one rigid elbow on one side if you plan on pulling from that side only .
We install polyline with a 120 lb air compressor normally .
But sometimes its a tuff pipe real long polyline cant pull or breaks during a rope pull so we shoot a stainless steel aircraft cable down that pipe at a higher pressure lets say 180lbs .
Take care be safe
Now you may not believe this but most of our runs are between 385 ft 600 ft on a length average .
We only install a pull box if the bends exceed more than two 90 s in a run company rules .
Or if the engineer specs state it .
Now i had once a 1100 foot run no box two 90 elbows rigid conduit .
What we do is up size the conduit and use rigid 90 s or use sweeps
You can use one rigid elbow on one side if you plan on pulling from that side only .
We install polyline with a 120 lb air compressor normally .
But sometimes its a tuff pipe real long polyline cant pull or breaks during a rope pull so we shoot a stainless steel aircraft cable down that pipe at a higher pressure lets say 180lbs .
Take care be safe
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