Does you area allow this type of work ? (See Pic)

[LarryFine]

SO Richmond Virginia doesn't have an ordinance against it? Okay,

Exposed SE and SER is common here.

 

[JFletcher]

Beauty adds to the install cost.

:lol:

On an aside, does bundling SE cable like that bring in derating like bundling NM does for more than 2 ft? Aside from ugly that's the only potential problem I see.

 

[RICK NAPIER]

Is a strap a fitting?

I quoted the wrong code section it should be 338(B)4 which sends you to 334.30 and that would require listed straps but this is only in the 2017.

 

[Buck Parrish]

Exposed SE and SER is common here.

That pic is Indiana,​

It's not common at all in NC. I have seen it a few times. But I'm in the Triangle area. Even with the ice storms and hurricanes with electricians rushing to get services back up.

You still hardly ever see it. I've seen plenty of old metal 1 1/4 mast. I

remember all the PVCs and Metal weather heads selling out.​

Even when they didn't go through the soffit they are metal. Now most use PVC , unless of course they're going through the soffit. I thought maybe it was a county ordinance.

 

[mtfallsmikey]

No one mentioned the lack of a sleeve/chase on the penetration thru the brick wall? :jawdrop:

 

[Cow]

That is 10 shades of ugly. I especially like the mix of 2 hole pvc and metal straps. Really gives it the "we forgot the straps but had some on the truck look."

For the record, no one over here uses exposed SE/R cable. It's all pipe and wire.

 

[al hildenbrand]

In Washington we see very little SE cable as its not allowed for service entrance. Where its used is from the panel to ranges and furnaces, wiring that is often inside the building.

Tom, how does that work? With respect to the OP photo that shows the Service Disconnect for each meter, included in the meter pack, isn't each cable a feeder? Doesn't the service entrance end at the service disconnect?

Posters are calling the cable in the photo "SE", but isn't it technically four-conductor SER?

 

[kwired]

No one mentioned the lack of a sleeve/chase on the penetration thru the brick wall? :jawdrop:

I see no need for one, what would it accomplish in a hole bored after the wall is already there?

 

[electrofelon]

No one mentioned the lack of a sleeve/chase on the penetration thru the brick wall? :jawdrop:

I also see no issue. I do like to use sill plates where it transitions in though

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Fence staples are ok? As are bent nails?

The code does not specify, remember that the AHJ has to "approve" everything per 110.2.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Duct tape? Super glue?

I have installed conduit with epoxy glue with the approval of the AHJ

 

[don_resqcapt19]

I quoted the wrong code section it should be 338(B)4 which sends you to 334.30 and that would require listed straps but this is only in the 2017.

I don't see any cable ties being used to secure and support the SE cable. Cable ties are the only type of support that 340.30 requires to be listed.

334.30 Securing and Supporting. Nonmetallic-sheathed cable shall be supported and secured by staples; cable ties listed and identified for securement and support; or straps, hangers, or
similar fittings designed and installed so as not to damage the cable, at intervals not exceeding 1.4 m (41∕2 ft) and within 300 mm (12 in.) of every cable entry into enclosures such as
outlet boxes, junction boxes, cabinets, or fittings. Flat cables shall not be stapled on edge.

 

[Buck Parrish]

Seems like I remember that the NEC calls for cables if ran surface mounted have to be a certain height off the floor / ground. I'm pretty sure this came up for MC cable. Not sure about SER cables. Plus #2 AL on a 100 amp breaker...

 

[LarryFine]

Plus #2 AL on a 100 amp breaker...

Okay for single-feeder-service use
.

 

[kwired]

Seems like I remember that the NEC calls for cables if ran surface mounted have to be a certain height off the floor / ground. I'm pretty sure this came up for MC cable. Not sure about SER cables. Plus #2 AL on a 100 amp breaker...

Outside of any local amendments - NEC only requires protection where subject to physical damage. See 338.12(B)(1).

2 AL is permitted on a 100 amp breaker for supplying a dwelling unit if it complies with rules in 310.15(B)(7).

 

[AKElectrician]

That looks like the south end of a north bound donkey, wonder if they could see what they were doing with the light coming from the midnight oil they were burning?

 

[kylelee]

Is it SE cable? It looks just like romex to me


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[peter d]

Exposed SE and SER is common here.

Same here. It's a normal, accepted way of doing things.