3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
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Can you run 3/4" FLEX thru a wireway to isolate emg. power and not use a connector when entering and exiting a indoor wireway. Can someone direct me to a code # on this voilation?
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3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
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RE: 3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
RE: 3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
Re: "and not use a connector when entering and exiting a indoor wireway" -- what connector? where? A flex-wireway connector? Yes, you'd need to provide a nipple, j-box, or similar where the flex passes through the wireway wall.
Code references: well, the installation you're describing is somewhat unusual, so there may not be any specific code references, but here's a couple that come close: 300.12 and 314.17(A). I suspect any inspector would say those two paragraphs justify the requirement for you to provide a nipple or similar where you enter the wireway. And keep in mind that the inspector could require you to do so just because he felt like it, even if there was no code requirement backing him up.
And as cheap as two nipples or j-boxes are, why fight it?
RE: 3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
1. Wiring from the normal power source located in transfer equipment enclosures
2. Wiring supplied from two sources in Exit or emergency luminaires (lighting fixtures).
3. Wiring from two sources in a common junction box, attached to Exit or emergency luminaires (lighting fixtures).
4. Wiring within a common junction box attached to unit equipment, containing only the branch circuit supplying the unit equipment and the emergency circuit supplied by the unit equipment.
This separation is done so if a fault occurs on the normal power circuits, it will not affect the emergency circuits, or vice versa.
This installation does not appear to meet any of the exceptions, so I do not believe that this would be an acceptable wiring method.
RE: 3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
Is one of us missing the point?
RE: 3/4" FLEX RUN THRU WIREWAY
So if you have to use a connector, and u have to gnd it, why not do the job right. Punch a couple of holes and do a professional job.