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A customers old Jenn-Air cook top unit was connected with #10 wire and a 30A breaker. the new unit requires #8 wire and a 40A breaker. The new circuit will be very difficult to route through this two story house. The old, and new, cook top has a powered down draft ventilator system that connects to a 6" PVC pipe embedded in the concrete slab. The venting material embedded in the slab is 60?C schedule 40 PVC and exits out through the side of the concrete slab.
I want to run the new circuit from the panel board outside, through this existing 6" vent, using MC alone or THHW in PVC conduit. This vent is not from a direct flame (furnace or dryer), just smoke and or strong smells, the temperature should not exceed 90?C. the circuit would exit the vent pipe at the top before the powered ventilator flex connection.
Will the Electrical Code allow the new circuit to connect through this embedded vent pipe? What supporting rules can be referenced?
I cannot get a clear answer from my peers and associates. Some report success with this others flat say no.
I want to run the new circuit from the panel board outside, through this existing 6" vent, using MC alone or THHW in PVC conduit. This vent is not from a direct flame (furnace or dryer), just smoke and or strong smells, the temperature should not exceed 90?C. the circuit would exit the vent pipe at the top before the powered ventilator flex connection.
Will the Electrical Code allow the new circuit to connect through this embedded vent pipe? What supporting rules can be referenced?
I cannot get a clear answer from my peers and associates. Some report success with this others flat say no.