Feeders or Branch Circuits in Service Raceway
Not in my Raceway!!
You should never install feeders or branch circuits in the same raceway/conduit as your service conductors. If a fault ever happened between the service conductors and the feeder/branch circuit conductors you may not have overcurrent protection for the feeder or branch-circuit conductors which can result in a very dangerous situation. This rule doesn’t apply to the mixing of service, feeder, and branch-circuit conductors in the same service equipment enclosure(panel).
From the 2017 NEC:
230.7 Other Conductors in Raceway or Cable. Conductors other than service conductors shall not be installed in the same service raceway or service cable in which the service conductors are installed.
Exception No. 1: Grounding electrode conductors or supply side bonding jumpers or conductors shall be permitted within service raceways.
Exception No. 2: Load management control conductors having overcurrent protection shall be permitted within service raceways.
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If you find any errors or have additional information that would expand on any code, building standards or manufacturer requirements please let me know.
NCW Home Inspections, LLC is a Licensed Washington State Home Inspection service located in Wenatchee Washington serving Chelan County, Douglas County, Kittitas County, Okanogan County and Grant County Washington and the cities of Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Cashmere, Oroville, Cle Elum, East Wenatchee, Quincy and many more…
Your Wenatchee and Chelan Professional Real Estate, Home and Structural Pest Inspection Service
Coordinator & Instructor- Fundamentals of Home Inspection- Bellingham Technical College
Former WA Home Inspector Advisory Licensing Board
www.ncwhomeinspections.com 509-670-9572
You can follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and on my website Blog.
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