If Florida Light & Power provide street lighting in a private community (HOA), are they required to install the wiring and street lights in accordance to the latest edition of the National Electrical Code? Specifically referencing the installation of an equipment grounding conductor with the circuit conductors?
Street Lighting in a HOA community
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Iron_Ben
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No. Utilities are bound by the NESC, not NEC. So if they own it, no. When I worked for the POCO our street light wiring was not NEC compliant.
mbrooke
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HOA street lighting - private owned
HOA street lighting - private owned
Ok , now I am confused. I have seen the documentation that Mike put out there about not having an Equipment Grounding Conductor for a street light wiring system, and I agree. So how is it that the local power company can install a 2 wire system for street lighting? Or install new street lights using an existing 2 wire system lacking an EGC?
HOA street lighting - private owned
Ok , now I am confused. I have seen the documentation that Mike put out there about not having an Equipment Grounding Conductor for a street light wiring system, and I agree. So how is it that the local power company can install a 2 wire system for street lighting? Or install new street lights using an existing 2 wire system lacking an EGC?
Sierrasparky
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The keyword is " ownership"
mbrooke
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It's done the same way the utility uses the neutral as a ground on services.
They run the hots and a neutral to a ground box at the base of each pole. From there they run the hots, a neutral and a grounding conductor up the pole. The ground and neutral are both tapped off of the utility neutral in the ground box. It works the same as a bond jumper connecting ground to neutral. The ground is connected to a double lug in the pole along with a grounding electrode conductor going to a rod. Each hot conductor will have an in-line fuse holder with a small fuse typically rated 10 amps. The fuses act as the service disconnect and overcurrent protection. So each pole is a service with a bond connecting ground to neutral, a disconnecting means, overcurrent protection and an electrode.
They run the hots and a neutral to a ground box at the base of each pole. From there they run the hots, a neutral and a grounding conductor up the pole. The ground and neutral are both tapped off of the utility neutral in the ground box. It works the same as a bond jumper connecting ground to neutral. The ground is connected to a double lug in the pole along with a grounding electrode conductor going to a rod. Each hot conductor will have an in-line fuse holder with a small fuse typically rated 10 amps. The fuses act as the service disconnect and overcurrent protection. So each pole is a service with a bond connecting ground to neutral, a disconnecting means, overcurrent protection and an electrode.
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