CT cabinet splice

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What others have done will probably be irrelevant if they are not working with the same utility.

I'd wager very few utilities formally allow splices in a CT cabinet that is also not locked by the utility. The main one I work with would not allow splices in their CT cabinet. If you find something like this existing, it's likely because whoever was on hand from utility or AHJ or both did not enforce their official rules, or because someone unscrupulous cut the lock or did the work without permit. Note that david asked people if their utilities allow this and no one has piped up to say 'Yes, done here all the time, no problems.'

To repeat though, it would be utility requirements that would prevent you from doing it. There is no NEC violation per se to the design, it's just likely impossible to meet utility requirements, or to meet both at the same time.
 
Are splices so different from every other termination in a sealed meter, say with double lugs?
 
LarryFine said:
Are splices so different from every other termination in a sealed meter, say with double lugs?
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Exactly. And again, I think 99% of the time the conductors would just be terminated not spliced. I suppose one could run a large conductor off the load side of the CT mounting base and tap it to multiple smaller conductors, but the only reason I can think of to do that is if the mounting base lug quantity or size is not correct.

Of course check your POCO specs to see if they have specific requirements or restrictions.
 
jaggedben said:
What others have done will probably be irrelevant if they are not working with the same utility.

I'd wager very few utilities formally allow splices in a CT cabinet that is also not locked by the utility. The main one I work with would not allow splices in their CT cabinet. If you find something like this existing, it's likely because whoever was on hand from utility or AHJ or both did not enforce their official rules, or because someone unscrupulous cut the lock or did the work without permit. Note that david asked people if their utilities allow this and no one has piped up to say 'Yes, done here all the time, no problems.'

To repeat though, it would be utility requirements that would prevent you from doing it. There is no NEC violation per se to the design, it's just likely impossible to meet utility requirements, or to meet both at the same time.
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So if not in NEC then how can AHJ approve or disapprove install. If its POCO responsbility and under their spec then should not the POCO enforce all this?

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I think we should close this, it has become an extension of the other thread.

Roger
 
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