The code does not prohibit feeder conductors from being in the same enclosure with service conductors.
Thanks. That was the basic I had in mind when answering the question for a contractor but I wanted to make sure I had not overlooked something in the newer Codes with which I am not as familiar.
How could other conductors be in the same cable as service conductors? In a raceway, I can see, but don't understand how they could be in the same cable.
Multi conductor cable? To be honest, I am more impressed that someone would try.
A cable with more than 3 conductors...no idea why someone would do that, but someone probably did and that is why we have the rule
That's akin to the warning on sunshades in a car that says "remove from windshield before driving". Someone probably didn't remove it and crashed and sued!A cable with more than 3 conductors...no idea why someone would do that, but someone probably did and that is why we have the rule
You can get SER with 4 insulated and one uninsulated, but that's still one conductor short, unless it's a 2-wire service.On a Single Phase Service, If you take the twist out of the SE cable, you can share the Neutral, slip in (2) additional conductors between the outer sheath , (1) on either side of the existing conductors, and, use the cable as service conductors going in, and , feeder conductors coming out,,,,, just kidding,,
You could (wrongly) use 2 as the hot service conductors and the other 2 as the return from a disco/transfer switch/whatever. It could be a logical thing to do if not prohibited.
Except that the grounded conductor must be run to the service disconnect, with the MBJ located there. So you also need a grounded conductor to the MBJ, and an EGC coming back.
