Code violation 10 awg wire in 1/2?

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Also about 10 people that helped write the 2008 code book work at the place where this is getting inspected, so im not sure how much that has to play into it.
 
Eddy Current said:
I guess i would rather come on here and look like an idiot than at work in front of my boss.



This may be a company thing, the factory that we did the wiring for is one of the largest in the southern United States and one of the other guys there said they have their own rules that go above and beyond the code.
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Ohh, I got ya.:D

Sometimes I still have to point things out to my boss though...
 
They sent me and the guy i am working with a sheet with the code information i will have to check it again but one of the tables mentioned was Table 2. I cant even find a Table 2 in the back of the code handbook.
 
Eddy Current said:
They sent me and the guy i am working with a sheet with the code information i will have to check it again but one of the tables mentioned was Table 2. I cant even find a Table 2 in the back of the code handbook.
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2008 NEC chapter 9 table 2 is titled "Table 2 Radius of Conduit and Tubing Bends"
 
70-657 conduit and tubing fill for conductors

70-657 conduit and tubing fill for conductors

liquidtite flexible nonmetalic 1/2 can have 1 10 awg in it...70-678
 
romex jockey101 said:
but i dont understand what raious of bend has to do with pipe fill..when you want to know what awg can fit into a conduit go to 70/657
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A heads up, page numbers don't really mean much, you need to point to the article and section.

Roger
 
I am going to print it out for myself and come back here with more detail. What it looks like is they made their own table up Table 3 seeing there is not Table 3 in the 2008 code book, it also says on the printed paper something about 1998 too so who knows.
 
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Eddy Current said:
Yeah i know its weird, what they have printed says Table 2 is a non conductive wire chart and how many you can put in a raceway.
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Okay, I think I see the problem. If the chart is for non conductive #10 I can understand why they wouldn't be allowed. :grin::grin::grin:


Roger
 
Eddy Current said:
I am going to print it out for myself and come back here with more detail. What it looks like is they made their own table up Table 3 seeing there is not Table 3 in the 2008 code book, it also says on the printed paper something about 1998 too so who knows.
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First it was table 2 now it is table 3

Eddy Current said:
Yeah i know its weird, what they have printed says Table 2 is a non conductive wire chart and how many you can put in a raceway.
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what does one use a non conductive wire for?

Sounds like someone is blowing smoke up your @#$%, or has no clue to how things really work.
 
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