Outdoor tap rules and EGC

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Dsg319

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Not my area of expertise and don’t have my code book handy. Do I have this right.

Will be doing a job installing wireless access points for WiFi in a camp ground and will be grabbing 120volts coming off of different feed through pedistals that will be near our poles/wireless access points.

So will be tapping off a 200amp feeder for a 20amp circuit with #12 assuming this is within the scope of outdoor tap rules.

My question is, does the EGC have to be sized for 200ampere OCPD or just the same size as the circuit conductors (#12AWG) that will be terminating into a 20ampere fuse.
 
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The EGC is sized according to the OCPD ahead of the tap but is not required to be larger than the tap conductors.
 
Are the WiFi access point being backhauled with WiFi or hardwired Ethernet?
 
tthh said:
Are the WiFi access point being backhauled with WiFi or hardwired Ethernet?
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backhauled via WiFi. Only copper being ran will be from the switch at the bottom of the pole.

The set up will have each pole being a wireless relay to the next with an access point at each.
 
I don't know what the pedestal looks like, but you can probably even power them with PoE from the nearest 120V location.
 
tthh said:
I don't know what the pedestal looks like, but you can probably even power them with PoE from the nearest 120V location.
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That’s a good idea. But we can’t fit all our equipment in it. Plus we wanna get it away from the sites equipment to keep from accidental outages.
 
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