Nec Service Entrance Wiring Diagram
Weather head must be a minimum of 18 inches from top of the.
Nec service entrance wiring diagram. 230 40 number of service entrance conductor sets. See below for our guide for meter base and weather head installation. Nec 230 54 electrical services service entrance raceways shall be rain tight and arranged to drain. Service has also come to be known as the supply of the company s product electricity to the customer.
120 240 volt 3 wire single phase service entrance conductors service. The grounded conductor shall be permitted to be smaller than the ungrounded conductors provided the requirements of sections 215 2 220 22 and 230 42 are met. The service drop ampacity must be the same as the ampacity of the service entrance. Serving utility to the wiring system of the premises served.
Ii this edition of the uniform wiring guide is dedicated to the memory of the late roger bessinger who lost his battle with cancer on january 8 2010. Each service drop or lateral must supply only one set of service entrance conductors. See below for our assembly guide for meterbase for underground service. Thw or xlp insulated conductors should be used for overhead service drops.
Grounding electrode system utility transformer service conductor service disconnect feeder branch circuit sub panel main bonding jumper 250 102 c grounding electrode conductor 250 66 grounding electrodes 250 50 bonding of devices 250 134 t250 122. Grounding and bonding table 250 66 table 250 122 part iii. The overhead service conductors from the last pole or other aerial support to and including the splices if any connecting to the service entrance conductors. If triplex is used table 310 16 must be used as directed by nec article 321 5.
The entrance cable must have at least 18 inches of excess wire left past the weather head to allow connection of the service wire. Nec 230 70 electrical services the service disconnecting means shall be installed at a readily accessible location either outside a building or structure or inside nearest the point of entrance of the service entrance conductors. The service drop conductors must be sized from table 310 17. National electrical code.