chris kennedy
Sawhorse
Bid a little 600ft² remodel a while back and part of the scope was to replace a 100A 1Ø PNL with a 100A 3Ø PNL to handle new RTU. Was back there today and can see why the other guy go the job.
I opened the new PNL and found high leg taped yellow, 110.16, and landed on C, 408.3(E).
I am very familiar with this building and know the existing feeder for the old PNL was 1Ø and expected to go to the electric room and see a new service. Been trying to sell this guy a new service for a couple years now and was ****ed we missed out on a 5 figure job.
Not so, old service still there so lets see how the crafty low baller got things done.
In the next pic you will see the 1Ø 100A feeder that still feeds A and B of the new PNL. At this point I'm scratchin my head, where the heck does the new high leg come from???
Found it! double tapped into a 300A main from another meter no less. 100.14(A)
Now this guy gets even craftier. The next 2 pics you can see the tapped conductor passing through the service conductor gutter and then another service disco into a gutter below in a ½" FMC to another gutter where the feeder leaves UG to the new PNL. 300.3(B) among others
And thats how we lost the job, silly me bid a code compliant install, guess I'll never learn.
I opened the new PNL and found high leg taped yellow, 110.16, and landed on C, 408.3(E).
I am very familiar with this building and know the existing feeder for the old PNL was 1Ø and expected to go to the electric room and see a new service. Been trying to sell this guy a new service for a couple years now and was ****ed we missed out on a 5 figure job.
Not so, old service still there so lets see how the crafty low baller got things done.
In the next pic you will see the 1Ø 100A feeder that still feeds A and B of the new PNL. At this point I'm scratchin my head, where the heck does the new high leg come from???
Found it! double tapped into a 300A main from another meter no less. 100.14(A)
Now this guy gets even craftier. The next 2 pics you can see the tapped conductor passing through the service conductor gutter and then another service disco into a gutter below in a ½" FMC to another gutter where the feeder leaves UG to the new PNL. 300.3(B) among others
And thats how we lost the job, silly me bid a code compliant install, guess I'll never learn.