Conduit on fence?

[James L]

I wouldn't have had a problem with doing it the way it is in the picture.

For me, it would depend.

If the fence was around the perimeter of a used car lot, I would have no problem.

But if it was around a school playground, no way.

 

[Another C10]

I'd be more inclined to simply attach it between the wall and fence on strut if not a dirt base or mount it to the wall on vertical struts.
The fence to me is not the best method because now the work is reliant upon the fencings support or life expectancy.

 

[jap]

For me, it would depend.

If the fence was around the perimeter of a used car lot, I would have no problem.

But if it was around a school playground, no way.

I didn't mean to 'like" that but didn't know how to delete it.

What difference does it make what the fence is built around?

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[jap]

I'd be more inclined to simply attach it between the wall and fence on strut if not a dirt base or mount it to the wall on vertical struts.
The fence to me is not the best method because now the work is reliant upon the fencings support or life expectancyg

I may be wrong, but, I think the picture is simply an example.

Not the actual fence in question.

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[James L]

I didn't mean to 'like" that but didn't know how to delete it.

What difference does it make what the fence is built around?

Jap>

If it's on a car lot fence, I would bet that the likelihood of someone climbing on it would be slim to none.

And I would also bet good money that if it's on a schoolyard fence, there's a 100% likelihood that daily you'd find multiple kids bouncing up and down on it with their fingers clinched through the fencing

 

[James L]

I didn't mean to 'like" that but didn't know how to delete it.

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Just touch "like" again to remove

 

[jap]

Just touch "like" again to remove

Thanks,

 

[jap]

If it's on a car lot fence, I would bet that the likelihood of someone climbing on it would be slim to none.

And I would also bet good money that if it's on a schoolyard fence, there's a 100% likelihood that daily you'd find multiple kids bouncing up and down on it with their fingers clinched through the fencing

I see now,, I thought you'd install it on the car lot fence and leave it unbounded in case a burglar decided to use it as a foothold to jump the fence and steal a car....

Who knew a post about running pipe on a fence could bring out so many excellent ideas...

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[Another C10]

I may be wrong, but, I think the picture is simply an example.

to me it didn't matter, in that picture my answer was my preferred solution.

thanks.

 

[petersonra]

For me, it would depend.

If the fence was around the perimeter of a used car lot, I would have no problem.

But if it was around a school playground, no way.

If you are the one making the design decisions you can make those decisions as you see fit.

 

[Dsg319]

I beg to differ.

Your response was in reference to the example mtnelec posted, which was an example of improper wiring causing neutral current to flow on normally non current carrying parts of an electrical system from the neutral conductor being attached to the metal pole.

That's different than a fault.

No amount of grounding or bonding would clear that neutral return current flow beacause its not a short, it's simply a parallel return path.

Nothing short of a GFI protected circuit to the pole light that is.

If we wanted to exaggerate the issue of a fence becoming energized due to an actual fault, without proper bonding and grounding throughout the system,we could " electrify" a metal building of any size and never clear the fault.

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You are correct. I thought the graphic showed a ground fault with no EGC. I should have paid more attention to the photo.

 

[jim dungar]

The fence to me is not the best method because now the work is reliant upon the fencings support or life expectancy.

Just as it would be reliant on the integrity of a concrete or brick wall. I have seen my share of broken and heaved concrete walls and barriers.