glene77is
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MD,
Your kind of Research is one of the Good Things about this Electrical Forum.
Thanks.
Your kind of Research is one of the Good Things about this Electrical Forum.
Thanks.
Violation of 230.2 ??
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Pierre C Belarge
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There is a saying, " student of..." We are all students of the NEC. Some are just a little further along in their studies.
I could not agree with you any more!!!
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The illustrations show two conduits going underground from the transformer to the building. Each conduit then serves a set of "service equipment" that consists of six meters and six disconnects. In the configuration under discussion here, you also have two conduits going (above ground, but I think that does not matter) from the transformer to the building. But one conduit goes through a trough, before serving the set of five meters and disconnects. Is that the same circumstance as is shown in the illustration? That I do not know, because I am not sure I understand the difference between "service," and "service conductors," and "service entrance conductors," and "service drop," and "service lateral."
So I will continue to abstain.
TCHernandez
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Well, I'm not going to comment on what wife I'm on now, and I definatley make to many mistakes to begin to admit to, but I don't think I am wrong on this one. I spoke with the NFPA this afternoon and the engineer that I spoke with was of the opinion that I am correct under 230.2 and 230.40 exception 2, and 230.71.
I thank all of you for your input thus far in my attempt to reasearch this, your help has been much appreciated.
-TC
I thank all of you for your input thus far in my attempt to reasearch this, your help has been much appreciated.
-TC
Greg1707
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- Business owner Electrical contractor
Basis for code
Basis for code
Since there seems to be some disagreement whether this installation is NEC compliant, I would like to suggest the following. Please explain why this installation should not be allowed. Please don't just refer to the NEC but rather explain why it is an unsafe installation.
On this forum there are lots of great discussions about the NEC and whether this is allowed or if that is allowed etc. Unfortunately, there is little education on this forum about the reasons behind NEC requirements. In some instances I would like to have a better understanding of why the NEC requires certain things. Knowing more of the background and theory about the NEC will allow electricians to make better decisions on issues where the code is silent or there is confusion.
Basis for code
Since there seems to be some disagreement whether this installation is NEC compliant, I would like to suggest the following. Please explain why this installation should not be allowed. Please don't just refer to the NEC but rather explain why it is an unsafe installation.
On this forum there are lots of great discussions about the NEC and whether this is allowed or if that is allowed etc. Unfortunately, there is little education on this forum about the reasons behind NEC requirements. In some instances I would like to have a better understanding of why the NEC requires certain things. Knowing more of the background and theory about the NEC will allow electricians to make better decisions on issues where the code is silent or there is confusion.
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