Outdoor JB connection

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It doesn't even look like those covers fit those boxes.

If they were metal and the hubs were threaded, there would be no need for the locknut at all unless threaded too loosely into the hubs ?

If they are metal then it looks like they drilled them out and used locknuts and silicone as a band aide.

To me they are either metal boxes where they drilled the side out that didn't have the hubs or plastic boxes.




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The covers fit just fine, what you're seeing is the black gasket material that is being squeezed out from between the cover and the box.
We use these all of the time but personally I'm not a fan.
 
infinity said:
The covers fit just fine, what you're seeing is the black gasket material that is being squeezed out from between the cover and the box.
We use these all of the time but personally I'm not a fan.
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Do we agree that this box has been drilled out for the conduit entry or not?

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I wish Green Spark would take the covers off of these boxes so we could see inside.

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Here's a pic of the back. They used hubs on the bottom. It's 3 hrs away so I can't get more pics. I think it's a metal box otherwise on the bottom there would be KOs with blanks in them.
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Here's a pic of the back. They used hubs on the bottom. It's 3 hrs away so I can't get more pics. I think it's a metal box otherwise on the bottom there would be KOs with blanks in them.
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The "Hubs" I'm talking would be the factory threaded openings that would come with the boxes.

From the looks of the picture, none of the the KO's seem to be uniform on the sides of the bottom leading me to believe that they drilled their own holes in the boxes in the field.

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By the way,,,, for a very simple picture there's a lot that could be read into it,,, when I first looked at it the silicone blobs looked like ice that formed on the top of the conduits.

That along with the water droplets showing on the bottom of the flex made the picture look very cold. :)

JAP
 
Those are RMC threadless connectors in the bottom. Are they listed for wet locations?
 
It seems to be the common consensus that this is a legal install, but given it is installed next to a chiller tower where it is going to be practically immersed in water I would have some concerns. First would be that water would enter the conduit and then enter the building through it. I don't think it is designed for immersion, just NEMA 3R.
 
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