Busway tap with box

[dm9289]

I work in a factory (industrial mill) while doing overhead crane inspection I seen something I thought to be odd.
A large box below the bus and surrounding it with a square hole cut out for wire entry.
This is older bus is there some provision where this could be code compliant. In my opinion no way.

Thank you

 

[jap]

Hard picture for me to understand.

Looks like a transition from a ladder tray run to a j- box to me.

Regardless, seeing the exposed terminals and the heater hose insulators I would agree with your assessment of the situation,

jap>

 

[dm9289]

Hard picture for me to understand.

Looks like a transition from a ladder tray run to a j- box to me.

Regardless, seeing the exposed terminals and the heater hose insulators I would agree with your assessment of the situation,

jap>

Yes ladder below bus and a large Jbox surrounding bus with square hole cut in and hose protection.

Yep I know older busway taps might be hard to get but that looked terrible.

What’s odd is that 1200amp ckt was put in by a contractor and passed inspection on breaker directly below 20ft.

 

[jim dungar]

This looks like a poorly made field entry into a standard busway tap box or a busway enclosed transformer tap. At least the conductors should be secured so they don't move during a short circuit.

 

[jap]

Yes ladder below bus and a large Jbox surrounding bus with square hole cut in and hose protection.

Yep I know older busway taps might be hard to get but that looked terrible.

What’s odd is that 1200amp ckt was put in by a contractor and passed inspection on breaker directly below 20ft.

Most in house industrial installations aren't under the same requirements for inspection as most new construction projects are.

Jap>

 

[dm9289]

Most in house industrial installations aren't under the same requirements for inspection as most new construction projects are.

Jap>

Yeah it just looked so bad it surprised me . From ground 3 parallel sets in 3 conduits sort of crooked, then they hung about 6ft of ladder to lay the cable in before transitioning to the square box cut garden hose protected entry. Perhaps lack of bus plug availability