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[sgr1]

It looks like Aluminum Rigid to me from the pics.

 

[surf more]

meter would be located????????

 

[alfiesauce]

meter would be located????????

If it is communication wires then you certainly wouldn't need one. And even if it's line voltage the meter could be inside the electrical room if the supply authority is ok with it.

 

[LarryFine]

meter would be located????????

Usually, yes.

 

[SEO]

It' not uncommon to locate the metering equipment inside the building in commercial and industrial installations.

 

[active1]

I like the 90's at the bottom, wonder how thick the wall is, and what the inside pipe runs looks like?

It's Chicago. The pipes inside would look good.

Looks like AL ridgid with standard AL threaded couplings. Notice the top popes were cut and rethreaded.

 

[active1]

its chicago. the pipe inside probably looks amazing, took 6 weeks to install, and cost $25,000.

Hard to say what was going on inside but I would say the outside part would not take that much. Maybe 2-3 guys a day. The funny thing about prices are some areas get more money for a SE cable job.

 

[sparky 134]

I put one of those in years ago and the shop called it a doghouse. I think we had three sets of 600 mcm's (12 wires in all) coming into the doghouse and it was my job to climb up the 10' ladder and arrange the wires so that all of the A phase conductors were coming out thru the same opening. Same with B, C and neutral.

Same job I managed to install three 4" LB covers upside down. I was a first year apprentice at the time. JW's got a kick out of that one.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

I put one of those in years ago and the shop called it a doghouse. I think we had three sets of 600 mcm's (12 wires in all) coming into the doghouse and it was my job to climb up the 10' ladder and arrange the wires so that all of the A phase conductors were coming out thru the same opening. Same with B, C and neutral.

I hope the doghouse was made of a non-ferrous material!

 

[Fulthrotl]

It looks like Aluminum Rigid to me from the pics.

looks like aluminum rigid, and either an aluminum or stainless weatherhead. i'm
voting for aluminum 'cause of the color, but it's hard to tell.

you guys are funny.... if it's chicago, the pipework inside the building must be
excellent.... most of the electricians i've met from chicago were pretty good
mechanics, however, so i'd tend to agree.

and if it's florida, all the electricians are from indiana, and are waiting for
spring thaw.

and if it's louisiana, all of the electricians are..... related?.... shoot, the whole
state is related... if ya look thru the baton rouge phone book, it's more of a
family tree.....

 

[chris500]

It amazes me to see some of the pipework the Chicago boys pull off. I am seriously impressed. If I even attempted to have one of my guys do something like some of the work I have seen, I would end up on the job myself, and probably with as poor of results as my guys did to begin with.

Obviously it is experience; practice makes perfect after all, but the result is always impressive to me.

 

[esox39]

This service head is actually required by the Chicago Electrical Code when you have parallel conductors. The service disconnect is located inside the building with the meter as required by the Chicago Electrical Code. This is a very typical install here. This sevice head is made from aluminum.

 

[surf more]

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[B4T]

Even if this is a power service, the NEC does not require an outside disconnect.

I have to ask.. what do you mean by "power service'?? I thought all services were for power

 

[charlie]

I have to ask.. what do you mean by "power service'?? I thought all services were for power

Power as opposed to communications. Also, many years ago, a building could have a power service for all the 3? machines and a 1? lighting service for just the lighting and receptacles.

 

[JJWalecka]

Chris

What were you doing in Chicago? I never saw a weather head like that, work looks mint.

its chicago. the pipe inside probably looks amazing, took 6 weeks to install, and cost $25,000.

That reminds me of something someone told me a while back four, four inch rigid conduits were brought into individual mogul LB's. The boss Flipped at the cost for the LB?s but the electrician justified it by stating ?It cost 5 grand but looked like ten grand.?

Still makes me laugh

 

[chris kennedy]

Chris

What were you doing in Chicago?

Uhmm, nothing.

 

[LarryFine]

Also, many years ago, a building could have a power service for all the 3? machines and a 1? lighting service for just the lighting and receptacles.

We can still do that today.