Service lateral question for a 400A service panel ???

[jango]

We have a situation where we installed a 3" pvc service lateral for a 400A service in a foundation and after the walls were built, it ended up not being in line with the entrance knock out of the meter panel. To make the connection, we had to adapt on to the 3" pvc with about 2' of steel flex to achieve the offset. We have just been denied by the utilities company. Can anyone here shed some light on whether or not this is an acceptable procedure and if not, any suggestions would be very helpful. Note: We already tried heating the 3" pvc pipe as well as using factory offsets but the bottom of the meter panel and where the 3" pvc lateral exits the top of the foundation is too close. Any feedback on this would be very much appreciated.

 

[curt swartz]

If your POCO is not accepting this it obviously not an accepted method to them. With out knowing where you are located and what POCO you are dealing with it going to be hard for anyone here to guess what your requirements are. I know none of the 3 POCO's in my area (SF bay area) would accept this.


3" flex is not very flexible. I think I could easily offset the 3" PVC with my Hot Bend or Hot Box as much as I could offset with flex.

Another problem you might have is that many POCO's will not allow field bends. They only permit factory bends. Usually if I have you make a customer bend in the field I'll cut the raceway equal distances from the bends and install couplings. If they question the bend I'll just say I purchased it that way. I have never failed a mandrel test.

How far is it off? Is it off from side to side or is it off from front to back? If it's side to side just cut a new 3" KO in the enclosure. I have done this many times.