Hello,
I'm a long-time lurker, first time poster.
I have a client with an unusual request. He has a paved private roadway, with a dirt v-ditch (drainage) running parallel along the roadway. He wants a 400A SES installed at the side of the road, basically in the middle of the V-Ditch. He has placed a 8" drainage pipe in the bottom of the v-ditch (at the invert of the drainage), and buried it, for a length of about 20' to create a dirt pad for the SES. There is about 12" clearance from the top of the pipe to the grade of the dirt pad. A concrete pad will be poured for the SES.
The 400A SES consists of incoming line from the local power company (with meter), and then multiple branch breakers / load going out. It is about 80" tall, x 42" deep x 60" wide, weighing 1400 lbs.
My concerns are clearances, risk of flooding to the SES, and risk of erosion of the pad.
I can't find anything in NEC to help prove to the client that this is unacceptable.
Thoughts?
Thank you!
I'm a long-time lurker, first time poster.
I have a client with an unusual request. He has a paved private roadway, with a dirt v-ditch (drainage) running parallel along the roadway. He wants a 400A SES installed at the side of the road, basically in the middle of the V-Ditch. He has placed a 8" drainage pipe in the bottom of the v-ditch (at the invert of the drainage), and buried it, for a length of about 20' to create a dirt pad for the SES. There is about 12" clearance from the top of the pipe to the grade of the dirt pad. A concrete pad will be poured for the SES.
The 400A SES consists of incoming line from the local power company (with meter), and then multiple branch breakers / load going out. It is about 80" tall, x 42" deep x 60" wide, weighing 1400 lbs.
My concerns are clearances, risk of flooding to the SES, and risk of erosion of the pad.
I can't find anything in NEC to help prove to the client that this is unacceptable.
Thoughts?
Thank you!
