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Does flexiable conduit for a service entrance meet code
Already Tried: NESC C2-2007 can't find the answer there
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Is this the riser to connect weather head from power company?
This is a rural setting. The Meter is at the pole. So the overhead runs from the pole to the home where it is attached at the second story. Then service then runs done the side of the home in flexiable Conduit to where the service enters the home and into the Panel.
Flexible metal conduit is limited to 6 foot length in any application.
240.43 NEC
230.43 Wiring Methods for 600 Volts,Nominal, or LessService-entrance conductors shall be installed in accordancewith the applicable requirements of this Code covering thetype of wiring method used and shall be limited to the followingmethods:(1) Open wiring on insulators(2) Type IGS cable(3) Rigid metal conduit(4) Intermediate metal conduit(5) Electrical metallic tubing(6) Electrical nonmetallic tubing (ENT)(7) Service-entrance cables(8) Wireways(9) Busways(10) Auxiliary gutters(11) Rigid polyvinyl chloride conduit (PVC)(12) Cablebus(13) Type MC cable(14) Mineral-insulated, metal-sheathed cable(15) Flexible metal conduit not over 1.8 m (6 ft) long orliquidtight flexible metal conduit not over 1.8 m (6 ft)long between raceways, or between raceway and serviceequipment, with equipment bonding jumperrouted with the flexible metal conduit or the liquid
tight flexible metal conduit according to the provisionsof 250.102(A), (B), (C), and (E)(16) Liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit
Section 230.43(15) and (16) permit no more than 6 ft offlexible metal conduit or liquidtight flexible metal conduit tobe used as a service wiring method. Because of the high levelsof fault energy available on the line side of the servicedisconnecting means, a bonding jumper must be installedwhere these raceway types are used for service conductors.The bonding jumper is allowed to be installed inside or outsidethe raceway, but it must follow the path of the racewayand cannot exceed 6 ft in length. In order to minimize theimpedance of the ground fault current return path, the bondingjumper must not be wrapped or spiraled around the flexibleconduit.
I have not measured this but from the photo I have it is over 12 foot I see your reply is there away I can print it. This is just what I am looking for. GREAT JOB!
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Please tell me what type of conduit this is in the attached photos.
I was unable to attach the photos
OUCH. That is NOT a conduit of any type. That is the actual service cable run up the side of the house.I do not know what year that was installed to tell you whether it was proper at the time or not.Todays installations does not allow such.
I know the photos are not very good but the cables are running inside this conduit. When I first looked at this I said the same thing. The person that owns the home is an electrical engineer and he tells my agent that this is schedule 40.
I know the photos are not very good but the cables are running inside this conduit. When I first looked at this I said the same thing. The person that owns the home is an electrical engineer and he tells my agent that this is schedule 40. I think I need to call the owner and ask him what it is. I have been in the insurance business 37 years and have not seen this before. I was rised in a family of electrical workers my father was the oldest living member of the electrical workers union when he passed away.
I can say that it is CABLE and not conduit for sure.
I think the only thing I can do at this point is to get a reply from the owner. If I find out that this is some type of conduit I will let you know is you wish. I know it is hard for you to see but at the very top you can see where the black cable runs into these white where ever it is.
The black cables you see are the wires in the cable. There are 2 black and 1 bare. I assure you that that is service cable run on the outside of the house. There is No conduit. Conduit is ROUND, the cable is FLAT.