Nec Service Entrance Wiring Diagram
Nec 230 54 electrical services service entrance raceways shall be rain tight and arranged to drain.
Nec service entrance wiring diagram. Service has also come to be known as the supply of the company s product electricity to the customer. Weather head must be a minimum of 18 inches from top of the. 230 40 number of service entrance conductor sets. 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. 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 conductors must be sized from table 310 17. Buildings with more than one occupancy can have one set of service entrance conductors for each service of different characteristics 230 2 d run to each occupancy.
See below for our assembly guide for meterbase for underground service. Serving utility to the wiring system of the premises served. Service entrance equipment the service entrance conductors raceway and fittings or service entrance cable and fittings which are installed on the customer s premises to connect the electric service to the wiring inside the building. Grounding and bonding table 250 66 table 250 122 part iii.
Thw or xlp insulated conductors should be used for overhead service drops. Service raceway the conduit containing the service entrance conductors. 120 240 volt 3 wire single phase service entrance conductors service. 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.
Each service drop or lateral must supply only one set of service entrance conductors. 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. The service drop ampacity must be the same as the ampacity of the service entrance. See below for our guide for meter base and weather head installation.