Thanks for all the replies.
I hadn't run into this application before, didn't really think about it. It makes sense, is a good idea, but the inspector was focused around the "fittings listed for a wet location" aspect of the section. I was thinking to myself, "Aren't all PVC MAs listed for use in a wet location? :-? "
I didn't dispute it, I'll be correcting it on Monday morning. I had a taxing day yesterday, so just getting the service replaced and back online was good enough for me, for the weekend. He was willing to sign it off in good faith, but I know he will check on it Monday.
I'm replacing old FPE services and panels in an apartment project. Each has it's own little issues; this one, the 3" PVC conduit feeding the old service was directly behind a phone pedestal. I didn't think much of it, until I realized that the ped would occupy half of my tap box, I had to heat and offset it. There is a landscaper somewhere that insists on planting an itchy sawgrass right in front of every service - can't wait to find that guy.
Then, it turned out that the 3" pipe wasn't a 3" pipe like all the rest of them, it was a 2.5" - and I was already knocked out for 3". Of course, the closest supply house was out of reducing washers.
Did you know Home Depot only stocks up to 2"?
Third stop, they had them, but by that point my blood pressure was up imagining the tenants' children running all over the neighborhood with anything I figured wasn't likely to be stolen. Nothing was, fortunately, but the lost time threw me off for the rest of the day. My tape measure kept lying to me, things were winding up slightly crooked, and I was getting increasingly frustrated.
I replaced the old surface-run feeders that were hanging off the building, since they were directed to places that wouldn't enter very well, and the conductors were likely too short anyway. It looks much better, but it didn't wind up perfect.
So, by the time the inspector showed up (right at 3:00pm, as I requested and am normally ready for) I was not ready, and had screwed this up as well, to boot!
Tomorrow is a new day.
