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Electrical Service for Townhouses

jar546

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There are multiple violations for this service, but I will concentrate on just one picture, the first one.
1) 250.24(A)(1) - This is what they chose as the termination point for the GEC. Violation #1
2) 250.12 - Clean surfaces. Not only is the lug loose but the paint is still prohibiting metal to metal contact.

When this if fixed, there will only be one wire on that lug for bonding the enclosure as the GEC will have to go to the Polaris tap with the neutrals. The neutral should have had a 10 lug P-Tap, not eight when you are feeding 6 service disconnects with parallel 350's.

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It is a common mistake. The usual excuse is that removing paint violates the listing. With the disconnect in the picture the wrong hardware was used. The label lists what ground bus is allowed and a lay-in lug it is not.






I, and I am sure there are others, would like to know what the violations are with the work that you haven't mentioned. I see one with the offset nipples but I don't want to drift your thread.
 
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What is the violation with the offset nipple fittings in Jeff's
pic. ?

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steveray said:
His looks like they are just bonding the enlosure, yours, I was wondering where that double lug was attached...Seemed like it wasn't even in the service enclosure. Couldn't zoom in on the pics...
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The double lug is inside the service trough which is above the service disconnects.
 
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