I've only done it that way when some Bozo forgot to install the conduit
in the concrete. Definitely not the preferred method.
Ray
On 1/3/2012 3:19 PM, Drake wrote:
At 01:48 PM 1/3/2012, you wrote:
This is a very common way to install this conduit, so I really would
like to know how this inspector would route wire from the top of a
pole down into a trench while passing through a concrete footer.
The instruction was to install the elbow above the footer and run pipe
along the top of the concrete, then LB into the trench. This was not
directly told to me by an inspector, but by a NABCEP certified
installer who said he has been forbidden to run pipe through the
concrete by "building departments". The theory was that the conduit
would weaken the anchor.
I've got another pole mount coming up, and wanted to make sure that
there wasn't something I was missing, possibly from the UBC.
Thanks to all who helped clear this up. I plan to run the pipe
through the concrete, as always.
Drake
Drake Chamberlin
ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC
OH License 44810
CO license 3773
NABCEP Certified PV
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