I have built a 200 amp 120/240v service to feed 3 new EV Car Chargers. The inspection is through the State of OHIO. I was turned down due to not having pvc slip fittings on my underground and have never in my life been required to install. What is the code reference that requires slip fittings in a commercial setting? The 2nd thing he turned me down for is not have burial tape in my trench above my pvc. i can see it requiring tape if it was 480v at which point i would have buried it in concrete anyway, Is there a code reference for this as well?
PVC Slip Fittings
- Thread starter Cwest
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
I believe the tape is required for service conductor but I don't follow the slip fitting part
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300.5(d)
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Tape is not required for conduit. I believe that the "slip fitting" is an expansion fitting.
drcampbell
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Why would expansion fittings be required underground? There's little temperature change.
jimport
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- Outside Baltimore Maryland
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- Master Electrician
Maybe he wants it after the conduit emerges from grade for frost heave.
hillbilly1
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Probably what it is. Repaired a service in Columbus, Ohio last year, pad mount transformer was at a bad slope because of frost heaving. Power company didn't care, left it like it was.
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Since you asked for a code section here it is:
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
I just caught that. I can see how that can be read. There are service conductors underground even when they are in conduit. Why would they exempt concrete and not exempt conduit. I think if the intent is to exempt conduit then it is poorly written
ptonsparky
Tom
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Exemption for service conduit won't fly here.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
It says what it says which does not include raceways, I didn't write it.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
It says what it says which does not include raceways, I didn't write it.
And what I am saying is that it can be taken 2 ways... It doesn't really say what it says if there are 2 interpretations.
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- Journeyman Electrician
You lost me on the interpretation part because there is nothing to interpret, it's clear under the heading of that section that raceways are not included.
ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
They didn’t exempt service conductors in a conduit, thus a marker tape is required.
hillbilly1
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Here’s what frost heaving can do.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
That's not what that section 300.5(D)(3) says. (D)(3) is part of "in accordance with 300.5(D)(1) through (D)(4)." It falls under 300.5(D) which does not include raceways.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
Rob I tend to agree with your interpretation however I don't think it is as clear as you think. Obviously, I read it differently as well as others so....
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
By your interpretation it seems to be saying that USE conductors can be embedded in concrete-- that does not seem correct but....I may be wrong there also.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
I think that we agree that the section in question is 300.5(D)(3).
cables. Whether or not that's a mistake I don't know but that it what is says.
300.5(D)(3) falls under 300.5(D). 300.5(D) states directly that it applies to `Direct-buried conductors and
cables. Whether or not that's a mistake I don't know but that it what is says.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
I have to agree with Rob on this one.... I concede
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