stew
Senior Member
- Location
- federal way,washington
got a correction today on 110.11. This was an original knob and tuber installatyion located on a covered porch outside. The service equipment was installed within a wooden cabinet lined with asbestos 1/8 sheets. The service disconnect was a 3 pole open knife switch with the neutral and both hots fused w 60 amp fuses. Then looped to the meter which was also located in the cabinet(wooden Hinged door).The service consisted of fuses on hots and neutrals as was the stlye in 1929. The knob and tube with all tubing still intact was attached to this open system and was in very good condition. The failure was of the service conductors and one knif on the switch that was bad. We replaced with a nice 200 amp panel adjacent to the original. tore out the guts of the old and used a 12/12 plastic j box to get the knob and tube to the new panel.. I came out of the panel wiht a plastic 2" lb and 2 45 degressw plastic fittings to get around a corner and go up. Went uo about 2 ft to an FA and used 2" rigid from the FA for our mast. Now the inspector wants me to bond the mast? And also wrote us for the 110.11 violation which I assume he means any of the knob and tube that is inside this old cabinet that is exposed befor it gets to the J box. About 10 or 12 inches before it enters the yop of the cabinet and dissapears within the walls. I always thoght that 110.11 was for arewas where there were chemical and gases etc. Therre is a sewage treatment plant across the street that has of course some odor but deteriorating gases. Hardly. This install would have lasted another 75 years if the connection at the knife switch hadnt burnedd off. Any Input?
