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Alwayslearningelec

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We have a job in which there a good amount of MI cable but I was thinking of offering a VE option to use conduit with RHH 2 hour rated? Any reason why that could NOT be used? For some reason I'm thinking fire pump must be MI.
 
Alwayslearningelec said:
We have a job in which there a good amount of MI cable but I was thinking of offering a VE option to use conduit with RHH 2 hour rated? Any reason why that could NOT be used? For some reason I'm thinking fire pump must be MI.
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As long as you get the 2-hour rating, it doesn't matter what you use. Make sure there aren't any restrictions in the job specs OR buried deep in a drawing note. Being careless can get expensive.
 
We have had jobs approved using "DuraLife RHH90" 2 hour cable in conduit.
 
THanks. I have to do the comparison but I think overall conduit and RHH 2 hour rated wire in conduit would be cheaper than MI cable.
 
Alwayslearningelec said:
Not sure what type of conduit must be used with RHH 2 hour wire to keep it's rating. Sure it's in the docs.
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You mentioned doing a comparison what type of conduit would you be comparing? If I had to guess I would say that 2-hour conductors in EMT would be the cheapest.
 
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