Originally Posted By: jtedesco This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Service Entrance Raceway Run Down a Chimney!
Would this be acceptable this if the entire chimney was filled with concrete, that would put the raceway "outside" of the building -- like it says in the NEC?
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Conductors shall be considered outside of a building or other structure: Where installed within a building or other structure in a raceway that is encased in concrete or brick not less than 50 mm (2 in.) thick
Originally Posted By: rcloyd This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Joe:
This looks just enough out of the ordinary that I (as a HI) would recommend evaluation by a licensed electrician. I have never encountered that type of installation before.
Originally Posted By: jtedesco This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Russell:
Good advice. That's the best way around this type of installation for a Home Inspector.
Another item that would identify this installation as a "bootleg" one (no permit) would be temporary connections up at the drip loop. I didn't take the picture, so I don't have the full story here.
Originally Posted By: kmcmahon This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Regardless of that, I know chimney construction is not designed to support any kind of load like that. Wonder what the span of that cable is? If a tree hit the line, you better hope that connection doesn’t hold or bye-bye chimney!
