Chris Schiewer
Registered User
Can a row of townhouses have all the meters at one end of the building and run the cables to the individual townhouse panels through the adjoining townhouses?
SometimesSo are the cables from the from the meters to the individual panels considered service conductors?
Without putting too fine a point on it, a service conductor is a conductor that comes from the "service point" which is basically the spot where the utility owned wiring becomes the customer owned wiring, to the first means of disconnect. From the first means of disconnect to any sub panels is considered feeder conductors, and from the last subpanel to the point of use is a branch circuit.2018 IRC E3601.3 states service conductors supplying a building or other structure shall not pass through the interior of another building or other structure.
So are the cables from the from the meters to the individual panels considered service conductors?
Whats your concern? Code compliance? Safety?But now I'm concerned about feeder wires running through someone else's townhouse ?