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Monday, December 2, 2019
Question:
Re: CQD answer published Monday, November 11, 2019 -Service Conductors in Building
I know, I am mostly retired but still love the Code Question of the Day and still miss Charlie at the Western Section IAEI meetings. We have has some of the best conversations about the Code (what else?) and I loved to win an argument (that didn’t happen often).
RE: the Code Question of the Day for Friday, November 8, 2019 It is interesting to me that Mr. Tucker referenced an electric utility actually entering a building. Most electric utilities DO NOT permit their conductors to enter a building since we normally do not use conductors that are tested by a NRTL and they have not passed the vertical flame test. Most of the secondary conductors we use are polyethylene covered for overhead and cross-linked polyethylene for direct burial. For entry into a building, the cross-linked polyethylene URD (normally USE) cable has to be marked USE/XHHW or similar to meet the Code requirements.
Take care, Charlie Eldridge
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Answer:
Hey Charlie thanks for your follow up comment, the complement and the additional information about why the conductors entering a building are customer owned.