Unfused Sevice Entrance
- Thread starter RichB
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readydave8
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- Location
- Clarkesville, Georgia
- Occupation
- electrician
I've worked on houses where poco hits weatherhead, entrance cable enters attic, leaves attic opposite end of house, drops to meter, entrance cable enters house and strapped 1/2 way thru crawlspace, finally gets to main in panel. Athens, Georgia '60s era is one that comes to mind.
- Location
- Massachusetts
And I would rather have SE on the outside of my home than RMC in my wall.
Oh wait, I do have SE outside my home.
- Occupation
- Licensed Electrician
Insert Marc's famous photo of house sided in SE here.And I would rather have SE on the outside of my home than RMC in my wall.
RICK NAPIER
Senior Member
- Location
- New Jersey
Here we generally allow only a few feet. Just enough to enter the building and head right for the panel. We don't allow any additional length for RMC. I had one site that a short in the panel led to a melt down of the service feeders. It melted 3" off a 4" RMC that didn't even have any conductors in it.
- Location
- Simi Valley, CA
That's the one I was thinking of.
- Occupation
- Licensed Electrician
Someone needs to make those thoughts materialize and post it. Where's 480 Sparky?
- Location
- Simi Valley, CA
And I would rather have SE on the outside of my home than RMC in my wall.
Oh wait, I do have SE outside my home.
Well it does make it easier to figure out where the fire started.:roll:
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