Service or Feeder?

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I am putting an addition on the house and due to the footing, the wires to the panel are exposed. All wiring to the transformer as well as from transformer to the house is underground.
The transformer has a meter base and disconnect away from house. With the addition, the supply to the main panel inside the house will be under (crawl space) the building. At the meterbase is a disconnect. Is this line from the meter base to the main panel considered a feeder? If this is a feeder, do I need to run the wire in conduit or can it be attached to the underside of the joists? NEC 2005 215 does not talk about underground feeders and requirements for cover.

The entire section of wire is not uncovered and the wire was direct buried not in conduit. I really do not want to splice it and thus the questions.

Any help is appreciated.
 
If there is overcurrent protection at the meter, you have a feeder running to the house.

If there is no overcurrent protection at the meter then you have service conductors running to the house.
 
Korndog said:
do I need to run the wire in conduit or can it be attached to the underside of the joists? NEC 2005 215 does not talk about underground feeders and requirements for cover.

The entire section of wire is not uncovered and the wire was direct buried not in conduit. I really do not want to splice it and thus the questions.
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Are you talking about USE? If so there is a section on it in the code-- art. 338. Esp. read art. 338.12(B). you also need to look at art. 225 Section II
specifically art. 225.30 thru 225.33
 
Thanks for the reference. My jurdistiction uses NEC 2005.

This used to be the primary service entrance but several years back the transfomrer was relocated by the utility and a new meter base installed with a disconnect to allow also feeding a shop. This is USE type cable.

338.10 (A) which is regarding Service-Entrance Conductors references 230.6 & 230.7 which states under not less than 2" of concrete or in a raceway under a building. ---- I get from this since it is under a building it needs to be in a raceway but it is not longer the service entrance, correct?

338.10 (B) (4b) references 300.5(D) which under a building requires conductor in a raceway under a building.

So, after re-reading all of this I believe it needs to be in a raceway? Are there any other options such as pouring concrete 2" thick over the wire where in the crawl space at ground level?
Thanks,
 
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