service mast further than 4ft from edge of roof

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I have a customer who wants his 1950's residential overhead service upgraded from 125 to 200amps. He would like the new service mast to be ran through the roof. Currently the service is actually under the patio roof overhang. He added the overhang long after the service was installed. He also added a patio deck, so now most people could easily touch the service wires. If I went straight up through the patio roof with the new service mast, the service mast would be 11ft from the outside edge of the patio roof (going towards the transformer on the pole). I am trying to figure out how high the attachment point should be on the service mast. The customer doesn't want an underground service. All the ONCOR guidelines, and codebook references I have seen haven't led to an answer.
This is in Texas. I tried to attach a file, but the file was too large for the server.
 

kwired

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I have a customer who wants his 1950's residential overhead service upgraded from 125 to 200amps. He would like the new service mast to be ran through the roof. Currently the service is actually under the patio roof overhang. He added the overhang long after the service was installed. He also added a patio deck, so now most people could easily touch the service wires. If I went straight up through the patio roof with the new service mast, the service mast would be 11ft from the outside edge of the patio roof (going towards the transformer on the pole). I am trying to figure out how high the attachment point should be on the service mast. The customer doesn't want an underground service. All the ONCOR guidelines, and codebook references I have seen haven't led to an answer.
This is in Texas. I tried to attach a file, but the file was too large for the server.
is open service conductors and service drop over the roof or over the patio? If I understand correctly I think over a roof.

NEC clearance over a roof will depend on pitch and possibly length of conductor that is over the roof.

Anything that is on utility side of the "service point" (see NEC definitions) isn't covered by NEC
 

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is open service conductors and service drop over the roof or over the patio? If I understand correctly I think over a roof.

NEC clearance over a roof will depend on pitch and possibly length of conductor that is over the roof.

Anything that is on utility side of the "service point" (see NEC definitions) isn't covered by NEC
But in general the clearances in the NESC that the utilities follow are the same as those found in the NEC.
 
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