2/3 triplex

[dwellselectric]

Okay I know i'm right or at least I think I am. I have my code in my work truck but correct me if I am mistaken please. For a 100 amp service its 2/3 triplex correct?

 

[iwire]

Okay I know i'm right or at least I think I am. I have my code in my work truck but correct me if I am mistaken please. For a 100 amp service its 2/3 triplex correct?

Why would you be running triplex?

 

[480sparky]

Why would you be running triplex?

Ever been to a farm, Bob?

 

[dwellselectric]

They want the cheap way out

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Okay I know i'm right or at least I think I am. I have my code in my work truck but correct me if I am mistaken please. For a 100 amp service its 2/3 triplex correct?

More info-- is this a feeder or service?

 

[dwellselectric]

Its a serivce

 

[480sparky]

Its a serivce

Doesn't the POCO do that then?

 

[dwellselectric]

The top half of my service not the feeders coming from the street

 

[dwellselectric]

They dont want to pay for copper so I'm doing triplex. At least its being piped haha

 

[480sparky]

The top half of my service not the feeders coming from the street

Triplex in a pipe?

 

[iwire]

Ever been to a farm, Bob?

Sure but there are done few here in MA where the OP is.

 

[dwellselectric]

Am I correct with the 2/3 Triplex for 100 amps?
I like piping better than cable

 

[480sparky]

Sure but there are done few here in MA where the OP is.

My guess is he's wanting to put triplex in the riser.....

 

[iwire]

They dont want to pay for copper so I'm doing triplex. At least its being piped haha

Triplex can be aluminum or copper, triplex is the stuff the power company runs from the pole to the home.

For your work you want aluminum SE or aluminum XHHW in PVC.

 

[dwellselectric]

Triplex can be aluminum or copper, triplex is the stuff the power company runs from the pole to the home.

For your work you want aluminum SE or aluminum XHHW in PVC.

Everyone around here calls it triplex. Three blacks one with a yellow strip down the entire side of the conductor. But yes I am doing aluminum and I am having the biggest brain fart right now I keep thinking 2/3 but ahh I am in doubt haha:-?

 

[480sparky]

Everyone around here calls it triplex. Three blacks one with a yellow strip down the entire side of the conductor. But yes I am doing aluminum and I am having the biggest brain fart right now I keep thinking 2/3 but ahh I am in doubt haha:-?

If all the conductors are covered, I call it URD. Is what you want to put in sunlight (UV) resistant?

 

[dwellselectric]

Okay so we have got it covered that everyone calls it something different haha. But I still have yet to get an answer

 

[iwire]

Table 310.15(B)(6).

 

[sparky59]

the answer is YES. in table 310.15 (b) (6) #2 aluminum triplex is ok for residential service conductors for a 100 amp service.

 

[iwire]

the answer is YES.

I guess it was to much for me to expect a Journeyman Electrician to be able to look something up in a code book when handed the section. :roll: