wire through back of detached nema 3 panel

[allenwayne]

A.W. I have been here for quite awhile and I don't know what Allen is talking about.

It may have come up before but obviously not nearly as much as some issues or it would be in the FAQ's

Roger

There have been numerous threads that took a tangent in regards to this same thing.Not bending radius but nm entering an exterior disconnect.Some were of the thought that it was now in a wet location so Nm would be a violation.That is what I meant.

 

[allenwayne]

I havent been on here long enough to encounter such discussions...I did a quick search and found nothing so thats why I posted my question.

Isnt it code for those Nema-3 panels to have the required 1/4" of spacing on the backside? If you burry a surface mounted box in the stucco, will that fly with inspectors, I would think an inspector would not want to see that.

After several thousand disconnects installed this way, I guess they don`t have a problem with it.IMO stucco is not air tight in the least so as long as the disconnect is mounted with the mounting nubs keeping it off the surface.1/4 in is maintained.As far as embedding in stucco, like I said stucco is way air tight.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

There have been numerous threads that took a tangent in regards to this same thing.Not bending radius but nm entering an exterior disconnect.Some were of the thought that it was now in a wet location so Nm would be a violation.That is what I meant.

If that were the case every residential exterior panel would be in violation. I have never seen anyone get busted for NM in a wp disco mounted to the building. Now, once you leave there with flex or whatever, you need to use wire rated for wet location.