service conductors over roof

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Likely a POCO drop,,,, Not covered by NEC and if it was here it would be POCOs call, not the inspector or electrician. :)
 
You will have to run the rmc up higher and that fasten it back with a guy wire or some type of bracketing. I have seen 3/4" emt flattened on both ends and connected to the mast and the other to the roof.
 
The porch was probably not there when the service was built. Another option, though not pretty, would be adding a second pole to the front of the property, and swinging the poco service from it, or a third, change the service to underground.
 
hillbilly1 said:
The porch was probably not there when the service was built. Another option, though not pretty, would be adding a second pole to the front of the property, and swinging the poco service from it, or a third, change the service to underground.
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Yes I agree the porch was probably built later. One option would be to run PVC out of the meter inside The top of the porch then around the outside corner up to the gable. No metal riser necessary no punching through the roof again necessary. The only problem is the POCO here usually doesn’t let me use an LB around an outside corner on the line side of the meter. Do you know of a way to go around an outside corner of a house that POCOs allow?
The reason they gave me one time was they said somebody could take the cover off the LB and tap into it upstream from the meter.
I don’t know how to go around a sharp 90 degree outside corner without using an LB
 
augie47 said:
Likely a POCO drop,,,, Not covered by NEC and if it was here it would be POCOs call, not the inspector or electrician. :)
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I agree. 230.24 is for "overhead service conductors" what you have there is mostly a service drop and a drip loop. the drip loop is service entrance conductors. I am not seeing any clearance requirements for service entrance conductors.

Don't forget to check the Poco rules.
 
electrofelon said:
I agree. 230.24 is for "overhead service conductors" what you have there is mostly a service drop and a drip loop. the drip loop is service entrance conductors. I am not seeing any clearance requirements for service entrance conductors.

Don't forget to check the Poco rules.
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I've seen when a POCO moves stuff around they'll violate other codes. I've seen them move overhead conductors over hot tubs and things like that even though their blue book says no go and so does the NEC. Roof clearance may be the bottom of their concerns when getting home after a storm is more important to them.
 
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