hardworkingstiff
Senior Member
- Location
- Wilmington, NC
Customer is building a new home and dock (which will consist of a 40' fixed pier with a gazebo on the end, then an 18' gangway down to a 40' floating dock (where a boat will be tied up on either side. Dock will be finished before the home.
They want to have a cable run from a power center down on the end of the floater, up the gangway (underside of course), under the fixed pier, then into a conduit that will run to the house (eventually). They would like to leave enough cable coiled up until the house is ready to receive it. I suggested to the architect a small panel or junction box be installed at the beginning of the fixed pier to make an easy transition to standard wiring going back to the building instead of running the type W cable in a conduit all the way back to the building.
That was a no go. Customer does not want to see any JB, panel, nothing.
I was thinking about this some more, and this dock really should be classified as a separate structure, which will mean there will need to be a means of disconnect and a re-referencing of the ground wire to earth. The AHJ has not historically considered a dock a separate structure, but I don't know how they came to that conclusion.
So, can the customer's desired install be done to NEC standards (I think not, but would love it if someone could show me how it can)? Money is always a consideration, but money is not the driving issue. You need to remember that a lot of these people have more money that they can use, and they want what they want.
Thanks to all that reply.
They want to have a cable run from a power center down on the end of the floater, up the gangway (underside of course), under the fixed pier, then into a conduit that will run to the house (eventually). They would like to leave enough cable coiled up until the house is ready to receive it. I suggested to the architect a small panel or junction box be installed at the beginning of the fixed pier to make an easy transition to standard wiring going back to the building instead of running the type W cable in a conduit all the way back to the building.
That was a no go. Customer does not want to see any JB, panel, nothing.
I was thinking about this some more, and this dock really should be classified as a separate structure, which will mean there will need to be a means of disconnect and a re-referencing of the ground wire to earth. The AHJ has not historically considered a dock a separate structure, but I don't know how they came to that conclusion.
So, can the customer's desired install be done to NEC standards (I think not, but would love it if someone could show me how it can)? Money is always a consideration, but money is not the driving issue. You need to remember that a lot of these people have more money that they can use, and they want what they want.
Thanks to all that reply.