200.6 and a yellow stripe

[Minuteman]

Starting with the basics in my class. Going over 200.6 and I got to thinking about URD having a yellow stripe on the grounded conductor. How is a yellow stripe code compliant? :-?

 

[hillbilly]

Starting with the basics in my class. Going over 200.6 and I got to thinking about URD having a yellow stripe on the grounded conductor. How is a yellow stripe code compliant? :-?

That's a good question.

My guess, and that's what it is, a guess, is that since URD is normally used for service cable, and since most service cable is "owned" by the POCO (conductors before the meter), the NEC rules don't apply.

steve

 

[Minuteman]

It's weird. We rarely use AL conductors, but there are times when we install URD as a feeder to outbuildings, pole lights, and such.

 

[Smart $]

Starting with the basics in my class. Going over 200.6 and I got to thinking about URD having a yellow stripe on the grounded conductor. How is a yellow stripe code compliant? :-?

URD isn't per se a cable type. It's an acronym for Underground Residential Distribution and encompasses several cable types. Typically this will be a Type USE multiconductor cable for a service or service entrance conductors. Color and tracer markings of most cable conductors are outside the purview and control of the NEC, and thus may require proper [re]identification or documentation to be NEC compliant.

 

[Minuteman]

URD isn't per se a cable type. It's an acronym for Underground Residential Distribution and encompasses several cable types. Typically this will be a Type USE multiconductor cable for a service or service entrance conductors. Color and tracer markings of most cable conductors are outside the purview and control of the NEC, and thus may require proper [re]identification or documentation to be NEC compliant.

So, when we install it as a feeder/branch circuit we need to mark the grounded conductor properly. Thanks!