Can anyone spout-off about this wire gutter?

[teqniqal]

So I drive up to this place and I see that they are trying to dry-of their roof . . . :?

And I look a little closer and see this: :jawdrop:

I'm going to make the broad assumption that running an extension cable through a rain gutter and downspout isn't going to pass [electrical] inspection . . .:happysad:

 

[ActionDave]

As long as it is temporary I don't think there is a problem.

 

[jaggedben]

As long as it is temporary I don't think there is a [code violation].

Fixed it for you? :lol:

 

[ActionDave]

Well at least the cord is protected form weed whackers.

 

[480sparky]

Yer from Texas. That's ice melt cable, son!

 

[kwired]

Yer from Texas. That's ice melt cable, son!

even if it is not listed ice melt cable, put a 5000 watt load on a 16 AWG cord and you have ice melt cable

 

[Carultch]

Yer from Texas. That's ice melt cable, son!

I'd imagine the rule about cables in physically constructed gutters and downspouts would be similar to the rule about wires in physically constructed ducts and plenums. Not allowed, unless necessary for the direct action or sensing of the substance that flows inside. Ice melt cable in a gutter or downspout would be necessary for the direct action of melting the ice.

 

[Carultch]

even if it is not listed ice melt cable, put a 5000 watt load on a 16 AWG cord and you have ice melt cable

Heck, put a short circuit on that cable. The watts will all go through the cable insulation as thermal power anyway.

 

[jap]

Most gutters on buildings like this hardly ever get maintained so the downspout is actually considered a dry location.

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