Mike Lamb Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Can service conduit be used for wires other than the SEC's? Click to Enlarge 52.53 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 230.7 Conductors other than service conductors shall not be installed in the same service raceway or service cable. Exception #1: Grounding conductors and bonding jumpers. Exception #2: Load management control conductors having overcurrent protection. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Ooooh. Are those coax cables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Ooooh. Are those coax cables? Thanks, Marc. I don't think they are coax but I didn't look closely. My attention was overwhelmed by a couple of wildly overcrowded conduits and what looked like over heated wires. Click to Enlarge 106.64 KB Click to Enlarge 67.16 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 The interior surfaces of the enclosure do indeed look like arcing has taken place plus lots of wire nuts connecting red conductors to black ones. Could it be that someone installed a new panel in the existing enclosure? Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Lewis Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 The bottom right 50 amp generic breaker QO knockoff. Acceptable or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Port Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Square D only lists their own products in their panels. Was the knockoff classified for use in a Square D panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 The bottom right 50 amp generic breaker QO knockoff. Acceptable or not? If the breaker is "classified" for use in that panel (it'll have the word "classified" printed on it somewhere) then there's no question that it's ok. Even if it's not, if the breaker fits in its position snugly without pushing anything else out of the way and if the cover fits properly over it, I don't say anything about it. The only time I call out off-brand breakers is when they don't fit properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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