Powering cashier islands

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greenspark1

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Hi,
I'm involved in a new small grocery store with a couple of check-out counters. These seem to be a pain to get power/network to since there is no easy way to run conduit to them. I'd like to see if you all have any good ideas?

The owner is proposing busting up the concrete and running underneath in PVC, but this will be expensive and the PVC has to be at least 4" deep. Also you are quite fixed in the location of the counters- no moving/adjusting them at a later date.

I've seen stores use service/power poles such as this: http://www.grainger.com/product/HUBBELL-WIRING-DEVICE-KELLEMS-Service-Pole-4WX77?s_pp=false
They come down from the ceiling and can also be used to mount monitors and other devices on. They don't look the best but are quick easy and able to be relocated if the setup changes.

Any other suggestions/ideas that you've seen work well?
 
I spend most of my life doing retail and most of that supermarkets. From out of the ground new, to full remodels to random case changes and cash lane moves.

If they have other things mounted to them they are not power poles they are custom units from companies like this.

http://us.boston-group.com/power-modular-systems

If you do use plain jane power poles they are not listed to support lane lights and monitors etc.

Overhead is easier but if the owner wants it underground I would run it underground.

Yes, you have to nail the location, not hard really.


I would run no less than three 3/4" PVC conduits that I stub up using rigid sweeps.

One for data, one for clean power and one for dirty power.
 
Those Kellems poles look like what we generally use for partition and cubicle systems. It is not clear from the description but I assume that there is a separate partitioned space inside for comm and data wiring. Is the supplied internal wiring individual wires or cable?

Tapatalk!
 
iwire said:
I spend most of my life doing retail and most of that supermarkets. From out of the ground new, to full remodels to random case changes and cash lane moves.

If they have other things mounted to them they are not power poles they are custom units from companies like this...
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Thanks for the feedback and link! Good to know what other products are out there.

Is my read of the code right that these interior PVC conduits would need 4" of concrete over them? Good thinking with 3x conduit. Anything else to watch out for in these applications?
 
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