Crazy offset for main feeder

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So I have a strange situation, basically the customer ran the conduit himself, then hired me to finish the job. Obviously this is not how I would ever do this service šŸ˜‚ especially with a building this nice I would have prefer to do a recessed meter and run the conduit before the slab got poured. But we do the best we can. He originally ran the conduit to the wrong spot and had to relocate it. Power company signed off on the conduit and the location. However he ran into footing at the new location so the conduit was 18ā€ off the building. The only way I could make this work was to do this heinous offset. Heā€™s ok with it but Iā€™m worried this wonā€™t pass inspection due to clearance concerns. But I didnā€™t really have any other options other than hammering the footing out which I donā€™t want to be liable for any of that. Would love some feedback.
 

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If the offset is directly in front of the meter you have a working clearance issue. It looks like the conduit is coming straight up from some depth so I would just bury the offset in the ground. Are expansion fittings required in your area? Straight pipe below the meter would help with that.
 
infinity said:
It looks like the conduit is coming straight up from some depth
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Looks like there's a 90 to the left? Tough to see. Not that deep. I would chip out the footing and do what I have to do to bring the conduit straight in. Also, I don't like the way the conduit enters the meter can. No fitting? Needs a better bend and a one hole malleable strap with a backstrap. And what about an expansion fitting?

-Hal
 
I think I see what you did and this is how I might approach. Cut all that out.....lol Appears you threw in a 90 sweep in the ground coming out? If so, make a cut down in the trench so you can do a compound angle to angle that at least 45* towards the bld. Get all that dirt out of the way. When you do that, you should be able to get the angles mostly underground and only need another 45 to go up but you will have to adjust it I'm sure.

As much as I don't enjoy, heating and doing a little custom bendy always seems to be the right recipe.

With a little tuning, you can fix this. Sorry, I would never fly it as is.
 
ActionDave said:
I don't understand turning up at the footer instead of at the stem wall. Why would one not just run the pipe onto the top of the footer and put a ninety, or eighty or seventy-four or whatever degree bend up the wall?
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I have chipper bits I use in my hammer drill. 99% of the underground services I do require the footer to be busted/chipped out so the conduit can go against the building. I don't understand the deal with over-pouring all the footers so much. I can use the hammer drill alone most of the time, but occasionally I have to use a concrete saw on the excess footer. Cut it, then chip it out with hammer drill.
 
I cut it out of course simmer down folks šŸ¤£ and to reiterate I did not run this conduit I only did the riser to the meter. It was very poorly ran and the sweep was in a terrible spot. We ended up cutting the sweep practically in half and doing a 45 then heat bending up to the meter. Still ugly and shouldnā€™t have been done this way but I was working with what I had to work with. Thanks for the feedback
 
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