Will it be code violation if sewage and water lines run above or below the underground electrical duct bank (with 480V wires), the electrical ductbank is the service feeder to the building. Is there a minimum separation distance requirement between elec. ductbank and sewage and water line conduits?
Sewage and water lines above electrical duct bank
- Thread starter anbm
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
No minimum separation is required by the NEC.
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- New York, 40.7514,-73.9925
If they are the service conductors, sometimes the utility will have rules regarding clearance around their ductbank. Not in the NEC.
Water and sewage lines can cross electrical duct bank?
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- Illinois
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- retired electrician
why not?
Maintenance issue if they run below duct banks?
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
That's a design issue but it is something that may want to be considered for the reason you've mentioned.
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- Bremerton, Washington
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- Master Electrician
Typically water is above sewer or has horizontal separation, dictated by those utility requirements. NEC does not address but if service conductors POCO may have requirements. Duct bank would not require maintenance but water and sewer can have taps made at later date.