exoticmagneto
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- Austin
The vast majority of my work is installing submersible pumps in the public lakes around our location.
I often must run 240V pump cable down a rocky hillside where no rocksaw would dare venture - - - - to reach the water, then often 100 feet into the lake.
What does NEC say about burial requirements if the rocky ground is 40 degree hillside with solid rock underneath ?
Is there any allowance for just conduiting and laying this pump cable on top of the ground ?
Does code require these "feeders" heading towards the water's edge to be GFI'd ?
I was operating under the assumption the subpanel on the dock would have GFI's for various appliances - - but does code require the main feeder to be GFI'd if it crosses the water's edge ?
On a related subject, I see dozens and dozens of fat 200 amp service SJ or SJO looking rubber jacketed feeders never in any conduit and never buried - - - - - - supplying the docks to power boat lifts, fans, etc.
These cables usually go right into the water for 20 to 30 feet and then emerge up on to the dock.
One lake is constant level, and the other lake can go up 40 feet at once in a flood as it has twice in the last 8 years.
Electricians are almost always installing these dock cables, many are Masters (or under the direction of a Master).
I have never seen any of these dock cables connected to a GFI in the panel at the main house.
Is there some sort of code allowance for these feeders not to be GFI'd and not to be in any conduit / not to be buried ?
I often must run 240V pump cable down a rocky hillside where no rocksaw would dare venture - - - - to reach the water, then often 100 feet into the lake.
What does NEC say about burial requirements if the rocky ground is 40 degree hillside with solid rock underneath ?
Is there any allowance for just conduiting and laying this pump cable on top of the ground ?
Does code require these "feeders" heading towards the water's edge to be GFI'd ?
I was operating under the assumption the subpanel on the dock would have GFI's for various appliances - - but does code require the main feeder to be GFI'd if it crosses the water's edge ?
On a related subject, I see dozens and dozens of fat 200 amp service SJ or SJO looking rubber jacketed feeders never in any conduit and never buried - - - - - - supplying the docks to power boat lifts, fans, etc.
These cables usually go right into the water for 20 to 30 feet and then emerge up on to the dock.
One lake is constant level, and the other lake can go up 40 feet at once in a flood as it has twice in the last 8 years.
Electricians are almost always installing these dock cables, many are Masters (or under the direction of a Master).
I have never seen any of these dock cables connected to a GFI in the panel at the main house.
Is there some sort of code allowance for these feeders not to be GFI'd and not to be in any conduit / not to be buried ?
