I plan on tapping outside overhead 200 amp feeder conductors with a 100 amp feeder going to detached garage. Using NEC 240.21(5) it appears you can run outside taps of unlimited length. Problem is the customer had someone install underground feeder conductors before garage was set and they are 15 feet short of reaching garage and 5 feet short of what I need to terminate at top of pole. Question is can you splice outside tap conductors ? If so I’d rather splice both ends in a box above ground and continue them to their connection points.
Splicing an outside tap
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Tom
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Yes, you can splice them.
Also I forgot to mention. The feeder conductors ran overhead are a 3 conductor ( no ground) the ground was not carried from Disconnect at first pole , along other poles, then underground to house. I plan on installing ground rods at garage as required. Will not having ground back to service disconnect violate code
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Yes, these conductors can be spliced, in fact I can't think of many types of conductors that cannot be spliced. You need a 4 wire feeder to the detached structure unless you're under the versions of the NEC prior to the 2008.
Yes that’s the problem. Before 2008 when you did not have to carry the ground from the pole mounted service disconnect to the house an approved 3 conductor was installed. Now trying to tap the same 3 conductors with a 3 wire feed to garage ( legal before 2008). Otherwise have to string a ground between multiple poles back to service disconnect. Crazy
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