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How a professional contractor builds a temp service

Are they using only 2 ungrounded secondary conductors from a Y secondary?

What’s the 1 1/2 for leaving the bottom of the panel?
 
A California professional contractor would install two ground rods and protect the G.E.C. with armor and a running board....that and receptacles rated "WR" would make the difference.

I'm curious, has that transformer been equipped with an all weather kit?
 
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Contractors are always giving me a hard time about marking the Available Fault Current on tempory services per 110.24.
Am I asking for to much? Do other inspectors let this go?
 
Rick18071 said:
Contractors are always giving me a hard time about marking the Available Fault Current on tempory services per 110.24.
Am I asking for to much? Do other inspectors let this go?
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If it is in a residential area I am comfortable with 10,000 amp gear but if it is not in a residential area I always ask for the AIC. I haven't asked for the label on temp power equipment.
 
ICE said:
A California professional contractor would install two ground rods and protect the G.E.C. with armor and a running board....that and receptacles rated "WR" would make the difference.

I'm curious, has that transformer been equipped with an all weather kit?
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Well, first of all. There are two ground rods visible in the picture. Next, the transformer is listed and labeled with a NEMA 3R enclosure so I don't understand what you mean.
 
jar546 said:
Well, first of all. There are two ground rods visible in the picture. Next, the transformer is listed and labeled with a NEMA 3R enclosure so I don't understand what you mean.
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Oh right you are....I found the second rod. When I googled the catalog # of the transformer I found mention of the weather kit so, of course, I wondered about that.....Mostly because I don't know a lot about transformers. Any thoughts on the rest of it?
 
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