Gutter VS Trough or Wireway

[izak]

I would like some opinions on the difference between a 'Gutter' and a Trough, or Wireway...

Or just what people define a 'gutter' or a 'trough' as

thank you

 

[izak]

BTW im not asking for Code sections, Bob, i am asking for common perceptions and what ideas those terms bring to mind in different professionals in our trade

 

[iwire]

BTW im not asking for Code sections, Bob,

Well then you asked in the wrong forum

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Trough and wireway are really the same thing, just different names for them. I am sure there will be others who call them something else entirely... a local thing.

Gutter to me is the space within the enclosure, as long as it is not raining...

 

[chris kennedy]

BTW im not asking for Code sections, Bob,

366.12(2) Well you got one anyway.

 

[Lcdrwalker]

I wll agree with Pierre with the only exception being that wireway can include trays and ladder racks.

 

[iwire]

I wll agree with Pierre with the only exception being that wireway can include trays and ladder racks.

I have to disagree here. Wireways are covered by Article 376, trays are covered by Article 392.

Sorry Izak...more code sections.:grin:

 

[Lcdrwalker]

376.2 Metal Wireways. ...."sheet metal troughs". 392.1 Scope. ....ventilated trough.

 

[infinity]

376.2 Metal Wireways. ...."sheet metal troughs". 392.1 Scope. ....ventilated trough.

A cable tray is not a raceway but is a mechanical support system. A wireway is a raceway. Therefore a ventilated trough is not the same as a wireway trough even though the NEC uses the word trough in the cable tray definition.