fields2004
Member
Your 9/22/06 broadcasted message states that utilities are exempt from NEC requirements on their easements. Let's expand the picture a bit so I understand the details of those exemptions.
Situation One:
The utility installs a battery powered box on the exterior of your house and routes an insulated 3 conductor cable 30 feet through your wall, into the basement, across a couple water pipes and telephone lines, and terminates the cable on the communication port of the water meter's dial index. There is no connection to AC power at any point.
Question 1: Does NEC govern any of the wiring in this situation?
Q 2: Is the individual performing the installation required to be licensed?
Situation Two:
The utility installs a short antenna (20" long) to the exterior side of your house about 8 ft above ground level. The antenna is 6 " from the gutter's down pipe and parallel to the downpipe. The coax is stapled to the wall beside the down pipe and then turns 90 degrees and runs along the wall right beside the telephone line. It penetrates the wall into the basement where the coax crosses the same pipes and wires as in situation one. The loose end of the coax is attached to a stick-on antenna that attaches to the outside of the electric meter cover or the gas meter dial index. There is no connection to AC at any point.
Q1: Does NEC govern?
Q2: Does the installer need to be licensed?
Q3: Does the antenna system need to be grounded?
Thanks for your thoughts and comments.
Situation One:
The utility installs a battery powered box on the exterior of your house and routes an insulated 3 conductor cable 30 feet through your wall, into the basement, across a couple water pipes and telephone lines, and terminates the cable on the communication port of the water meter's dial index. There is no connection to AC power at any point.
Question 1: Does NEC govern any of the wiring in this situation?
Q 2: Is the individual performing the installation required to be licensed?
Situation Two:
The utility installs a short antenna (20" long) to the exterior side of your house about 8 ft above ground level. The antenna is 6 " from the gutter's down pipe and parallel to the downpipe. The coax is stapled to the wall beside the down pipe and then turns 90 degrees and runs along the wall right beside the telephone line. It penetrates the wall into the basement where the coax crosses the same pipes and wires as in situation one. The loose end of the coax is attached to a stick-on antenna that attaches to the outside of the electric meter cover or the gas meter dial index. There is no connection to AC at any point.
Q1: Does NEC govern?
Q2: Does the installer need to be licensed?
Q3: Does the antenna system need to be grounded?
Thanks for your thoughts and comments.