SEU Protection

[growler]

In my honest opinion, if the SEU was to be damaged by some means of physical damage, than even if another wiring method was installed, that would have failed as well....

:ashamed1:
At least we know who did the install. Just joking.

 

[infinity]

In some areas they use combination type inspectors that may not even be electricians. Do you really want to trust their opinion or use your own knowledge and play it safe?


I think most electricians will look at this install and say yes it is subject to physical damage and needs to be protected.

If the electrician is to dumb to think the cable should be protected then the inspector should have caught it.

IMO it's subject to physical damage but in this case the two opinions that matter are those of the installer and the inspector. They both see it differently or the inspector never really looked at it closely. :roll:

 

[jusme123]

In my honest opinion, if the SEU was to be damaged by some means of physical damage, than even if another wiring method was installed, that would have failed as well....

I disagree, what if I ran 2" rigid into building out of the bottom of the meter. It would have to take a lot of abuse

 

[mjf]

I disagree, what if I ran 2" rigid into building out of the bottom of the meter. It would have to take a lot of abuse

Agree, a shovel or snow blower could easily do serious damage to SEU installed in the manner you described in the OP, while one would have to really work at it to damage the conductors run in 2" PVC, let alone 2" rigid.