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LawnGuyLandSparky

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Saw these situations while on vacation. Thought I'd share...

Seems strapping the SEU is only required where visable from the street...

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Left SER ( or U) is in conduit. I guess the one on the right is considered "protected" because it runs behind a fence and a waste stack?

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By the way, that's about 15' of SER without a single strap. I HOPE this is the result of a sloppy siding crew, but I have to say the service appeared newer than the siding.

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This is a different house. This is the first time I've ever seen a single structure served by TWO POCO drops...

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While each part of this house is only connected by an insignifigant breezeway roof... It is one multiple family dwelling unit on one lot.

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Each side has it's own metered service.

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Re: Rube Goldberg

This must be somewhere in the north. You never see this in Florida, except for the old sections of towns and cities. Service risers/masts are basically standard now.
 
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I had a vacation last month. Also couldn't refrain from indulging in the "critical electrical eye".

I found these two, two of many, on the front of two story row houses (single family dwellings). Each service entrance was two feet off the edge of the front public sidewalk along the edge of the street.
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Re: Rube Goldberg

Originally posted by bphgravity:
This must be somewhere in the north. You never see this in Florida, except for the old sections of towns and cities. Service risers/masts are basically standard now.
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Delaware. Is that considered "North?" I know when I went it was "down South" :D
 
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Anything south of Atlantic City is the deep south.
 
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There seems to be some confusion over the meaning of "North" and "South." Here is a simple test. If you answer "A," then you are a "North." If you answer "B," then you are a "South." I grew up in Texas, so my answer would be "B."

Question: What is the name of the conflict of arms that took place in the US in the early 1860's?

Answer A: The Civil War.
Answer B: The War of Northern Aggression.
 
George Stolz

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I realy need to send a copy of these pictures to my local power company (they're exceptionally picky), with a note attached: "See? So get off my back!" :D
 
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Originally posted by georgestolz:
I realy need to send a copy of these pictures to my local power company (they're exceptionally picky), with a note attached: "See? So get off my back!" :D
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See any dead bodies? No? Neither do I. So get off my back! :D
 
George Stolz

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I installed a service on a small cantilever that was jutting out from the house just wide enough for my service. The house was inspected, passed,and then the POCO came out to peek at it before trenching in the lateral.

The GC called me up and said, "You can't put a service on a cantilever! I've got the guy out here right now, he's not going to hook up power unless you move it! Even I knew that, what were you thinking?" Puzzled, I drove over there, and met up with the guy.

I looked at it: I had a Sch 80 riser exiting the bottom of the metermain, and the conduit had nothing behind it for about six inches. After final landscaping, it would have been about four.

"What's the problem?" I asked.
"You can't put a service on a cantilever. That pipe is unprotected and can get broken," he said.
"Uh, that's Schedule 80 pipe."
"Yeah, but if something swings under that gap and breaks the pipe, we've got problems."
"Uh, it's okay by the NEC," I replied.
"It's against our regulations," he said.

Later, the inspector who passed it, and then the senior inspector took a look at it and went to the guy's office to read him the riot act. I guess he asked, "Where is it in your regulations?"
"It's not yet, but it will be!" he replied. :)

Edit a P.S. In the end, we had to pour a concrete curb around the Sch 80 pipe. I bet his crew loved the guy for forcing his hand--I would not have wanted to find the bottom of that riser when it was surrounded by concrete, and probably packed with dirt. :D

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